1.2.7 requires a scoreboard configured

proftpd/proftpd.conf

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ LogFormat             default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"
 LogFormat             auth    "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s"
 LogFormat             write   "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"
 SystemLog             @l_prefix@/var/proftpd/proftpd.system.log
+ScoreboardFile        @l_prefix@/var/proftpd/proftpd.scoreboard
 
 <Global>
     ExtendedLog       @l_prefix@/var/proftpd/proftpd.access.log WRITE,READ write

proftpd/proftpd.spec

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [BASE]
 Group:        FTP
 License:      GPL
 Version:      1.2.7
-Release:      20021206
+Release:      20021207
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.proftpd.net/distrib/source/proftpd-%{version}.tar.bz2