I have a Solaris 9 Branded Zone

root@solaris9:/ # uname -a
SunOS solaris9 5.9 Generic_Virtual sun4v sparc sun4v

Configured to run FTP

root@solaris9:/ # grep ftp /etc/inetd.conf
# ftp telnet shell login exec tftp finger printer
# TFTPD – tftp server (primarily used for booting)
#tftp dgram udp6 wait root /usr/sbin/in.tftpd in.tftpd -s /tftpboot
ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/in.ftpd in.ftpd -l

But it was not working

root@solaris9:/ # ps -ef | grep ftp
root 10137 13230 0 13:31:28 pts/4 0:00 grep ftp

root@solaris9:/ # ps -ef | grep inet
root 12579 13230 0 13:31:34 pts/4 0:00 grep inet
root 1325 12833 0 Mar 12 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd -s start

Tried to kill -HUP but still not working

root@solaris9:/ # kill -HUP 1325

root@solaris9:/ # netstat -an | grep 21 | grep LISTEN
142.40.236.158.1521 *.* 0 0 1048576 0 LISTEN
142.40.236.10.1521 *.* 0 0 1048576 0 LISTEN

Stopped and started inetsvc

root@solaris9:/ # /etc/init.d/inetsvc stop
root@solaris9:/ # /etc/init.d/inetsvc start

root@solaris9:/ # ps -ef | grep inet
root 12098 12833 0 13:49:02 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd -s
root 15358 3734 0 13:49:05 pts/4 0:00 grep inet

FTP working again

root@solaris9:/ # netstat -an | grep 21 | grep LISTEN
142.40.236.158.1521 *.* 0 0 1048576 0 LISTEN
142.40.236.10.1521 *.* 0 0 1048576 0 LISTEN
*.21 *.* 0 0 1048576 0 LISTEN
*.21 *.* 0 0 1048576 0 LISTEN

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