VSFTPD Install or Connect or config problem

[nadsab]

Hi,

I just installed VSFTPD 2.0.1 under RH 8 2.4.x kernel and can't connect via cuteftp; when I run the command

/usr/local/sbin/vsftpd &

via putty ssh to test the install, I get the error:

500 OOPS: vsftpd: not configured for standalone, must be started from inetd

However when I ran the above command before, it tested out OK. But I was never able to get cuteftp pro to connect via ssh2 so I started tinkering around with my vsftpd config files, nothing seems to work.

How would I start from inetd? Also I configured vsftpd to run under xinetd per the install instructions I got from http://vsftpd.beasts.org/. Could this be a conflict somewhere in my config files? Or do I also need to config it to run under ssh? I am able to get an SCP connection via WINSCP.

Also, when I run

kill -HUP `pidof xinetd`

, I'm getting a

# 500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket

error after trying to start via the

# /usr/local/sbin/vsftpd &

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command.

Thanks anyone for any suggestions.

[stilus]

listen=yes
should be in your /etc/vsftpd.conf in order to make it run as stand-alone.
You did not mention having done this, so I thought I should point it out.

Something like
listen_port=21
Should be working by default, but this is the way you can change it.

I personally find something like:
killall -HUP xinetd
easier, though I admit killing by pid is mucho more macho

Concerning the binding problem, I guess something else is taking that port. nmap localhost might help.
As for running it "under ssh", I'm not sure what you mean. sshd takes care of my ssh traffic for me. (Usually it's at port 22), config file located at /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Good luck, and have fun!

[nadsab]

Hi Stilus,

Thanks much, yes I ldid have isten=yes in /etc/vsftpd.conf, that did not work so I took it out and it did not allow a connect either. I'll try it again though.

Does "killall -HUP xinetd" do a xinetd (and vsftpd) restart? Or does it reload the config files? Or both?


Actually when I killed by pid I did not use the process number, I used the exact command as I posted above, took it out of my Linux book. Should I have found the process ID of xinetd first, THEN insterted the process id number into pid above? Maybe I never even killed xinetd and that's why it's not running?