Index: contrib/mod_ban.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/proftp/proftpd/contrib/mod_ban.c,v
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -r1.55 mod_ban.c
--- contrib/mod_ban.c	12 Dec 2011 19:14:45 -0000	1.55
+++ contrib/mod_ban.c	15 Feb 2012 19:20:45 -0000
@@ -2819,39 +2819,21 @@
   pr_event_unregister(&ban_module, "mod_auth.max-users-per-host", NULL);
   pr_event_unregister(&ban_module, "mod_ban.client-connect-rate", NULL);
 
-  /* "Bounce" the log file descriptor */
+  /* Close the BanLog file descriptor; it will be reopened by the postparse
+   * event listener.
+   */
   close(ban_logfd);
   ban_logfd = -1;
 
-  if (ban_log &&
-      strcasecmp(ban_log, "none") != 0) {
-    int res;
-
-    PRIVS_ROOT
-    res = pr_log_openfile(ban_log, &ban_logfd, 0660);
-    PRIVS_RELINQUISH
-
-    switch (res) {
-      case 0:
-        break;
-
-      case -1:
-        pr_log_debug(DEBUG1, MOD_BAN_VERSION ": unable to open BanLog '%s': %s",
-          ban_log, strerror(errno));
-        break;
-
-      case PR_LOG_SYMLINK:
-        pr_log_debug(DEBUG1, MOD_BAN_VERSION ": unable to open BanLog '%s': %s",
-          ban_log, "is a symlink");
-        break;
-
-      case PR_LOG_WRITABLE_DIR:
-        pr_log_debug(DEBUG1, MOD_BAN_VERSION ": unable to open BanLog '%s': %s",
-          ban_log, "parent directory is world-writable");
-        break;
-    }
+  /* Close the BanTable file descriptor; it will be reopened by the postparse
+   * event listener.
+   */
+  if (ban_tabfh != NULL) {
+    pr_fsio_close(ban_tabfh);
+    ban_tabfh = NULL;
   }
 
+  /* Remove the timer. */
   if (ban_timerno > 0) {
     (void) pr_timer_remove(ban_timerno, &ban_module);
     ban_timerno = -1;
Index: contrib/mod_ban.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/proftp/proftpd/contrib/mod_ban.c,v
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -r1.55 mod_ban.c
--- contrib/mod_ban.c	12 Dec 2011 19:14:45 -0000	1.55
+++ contrib/mod_ban.c	22 Feb 2012 01:53:52 -0000
@@ -2762,12 +2763,27 @@
   ban_tabfh = pr_fsio_open(ban_table, O_RDWR|O_CREAT); 
   PRIVS_RELINQUISH
 
-  if (!ban_tabfh) {
+  if (ban_tabfh == NULL) {
     pr_log_pri(PR_LOG_NOTICE, MOD_BAN_VERSION
       ": unable to open BanTable '%s': %s", ban_table, strerror(errno));
     pr_session_disconnect(&ban_module, PR_SESS_DISCONNECT_BAD_CONFIG, NULL);
   }
 
+  if (ban_tabfh->fh_fd <= STDERR_FILENO) {
+    int usable_fd;
+
+    usable_fd = pr_fs_get_usable_fd(ban_tabfh->fh_fd);
+    if (usable_fd < 0) {
+      pr_log_debug(DEBUG0, MOD_BAN_VERSION
+        "warning: unable to find good fd for BanTable %s: %s", ban_table,
+        strerror(errno));
+
+    } else {
+      close(ban_tabfh->fh_fd);
+      ban_tabfh->fh_fd = usable_fd;
+    }
+  } 
+
   /* Get the shm for storing all of our ban info. */
   lists = ban_get_shm(ban_tabfh);
   if (lists == NULL &&