<pre><code>$ sudo nano /etc/init.d/proftpd
</code></pre>Find line:
<pre><code>start-stop-daemon --stop --signal $SIGNAL --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE"
</code></pre>and replace to:
<pre><code>start-stop-daemon --stop --signal $SIGNAL --retry 1 --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE"
</code></pre>restart proftpd
<pre><code>$ sudo service proftpd restart
</code></pre>Thanks to <a target="_blank" href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23666697/proftpd-killed-signal-15-error-how-to-fix-logrotate-restart-error?answertab=votes#tab-top">joelparkerhenderson</a>

```
$ sudo nano /etc/init.d/proftpd
```

Find line:
```
start-stop-daemon --stop --signal $SIGNAL --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE"
```
and replace to:
```
start-stop-daemon --stop --signal $SIGNAL --retry 1 --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE"
```
restart proftpd
```
$ sudo service proftpd restart
```

Thanks to [joelparkerhenderson](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23666697/proftpd-killed-signal-15-error-how-to-fix-logrotate-restart-error?answertab=votes#tab-top)

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