vsftpd won't start on red hat enterprise 5.7

[titley100]

Hi, the problem I am getting is that vsftpd wont start on my red hat. The RPM is the default that is shipped with the OS and the vsftpd.conf file is the default file and I will provide this below. I am rather new with linux been working on it for about a month so please bare with me.

# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
#
# The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
# Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
#
# READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
# Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
# capabilities.
#
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
#
# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
#anon_upload_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
#
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# The target log file can be vsftpd_log_file or xferlog_file.
# This depends on setting xferlog_std_format parameter
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
#
# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
# recommended!
#chown_uploads=YES
#chown_username=whoever
#
# The name of log file when xferlog_enable=YES and xferlog_std_format=YES
# WARNING - changing this filename affects /etc/logrotate.d/vsftpd.log
#xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog
#
# Switches between logging into vsftpd_log_file and xferlog_file files.
# NO writes to vsftpd_log_file, YES to xferlog_file
xferlog_std_format=YES
#
# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
#idle_session_timeout=600
#
# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
#data_connection_timeout=120
#
# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
#nopriv_user=ftpsecure
#
# Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
# however, may confuse older FTP clients.
#async_abor_enable=YES
#
# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
# Beware that on some FTP servers, ASCII support allows a denial of service
# attack (DoS) via the command "SIZE /big/file" in ASCII mode. vsftpd
# predicted this attack and has always been safe, reporting the size of the
# raw file.
# ASCII mangling is a horrible feature of the protocol.
#ascii_upload_enable=YES
#ascii_download_enable=YES
#
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
#
# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/banned_emails
#
# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
# users to NOT chroot().
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
#
# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
#ls_recurse_enable=YES
#
# When "listen" directive is enabled, vsftpd runs in standalone mode and
# listens on IPv4 sockets. This directive cannot be used in conjunction
# with the listen_ipv6 directive.
listen=YES
#
# This directive enables listening on IPv6 sockets. To listen on IPv4 and IPv6
# sockets, you must run two copies of vsftpd whith two configuration files.
# Make sure, that one of the listen options is commented !!
#listen_ipv6=YES

pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES

This is really urgent I have been trying to figure out what's wrong for about a week now.

Thanks in advance !!

[atreyu]

What command are you using to try and start it?

What output is displayed in the terminal after you try to start it (i.e., error messages)?

What does this command tell you?

service vsftpd status

What, if anything, is in /var/log/messages, related to vsftpd?

Check to see that your installation of vsftpd is in tact:

rpm -qV vsftpd

[titley100]

What command are you using to try and start it?

What output is displayed in the terminal after you try to start it (i.e., error messages)?

What does this command tell you?

service vsftpd status

What, if anything, is in /var/log/messages, related to vsftpd?

Check to see that your installation of vsftpd is in tact:

rpm -qV vsftpd

I am using "service vsftpd start" to start the service.
The error I am getting is "Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: FAILED"

Here are the only messages related but these were from yesterday.

Aug 15 15:10:00 slave vsftpd[21363]: warning: can't get client address: Socket operation on non-socket
Aug 15 15:11:32 slave vsftpd[21382]: warning: can't get client address: Socket operation on non-socket

service vsftpd status come back with " vsftpd is stopped"

finaly rpm -qv vsftpd gave back "vsftpd-2.0.5-21.el5"

[atreyu]

That is a capital "V" in the "rpm -qV vsftpd" command. It tells you if any files/dirs belonging to the package have been modified.

Is your network adapter up?

ip a

How about trying to start the binary directly:

/usr/sbin/vsftpd

Is there anything in /var/log/secure or /var/log/xferlog?

Hardcore: you could try to strace the program:

strace /usr/sbin/vsftpd

[titley100]

That is a capital "V" in the "rpm -qV vsftpd" command. It tells you if any files/dirs belonging to the package have been modified.

Is your network adapter up?

ip a

How about trying to start the binary directly:

/usr/sbin/vsftpd

Is there anything in /var/log/secure or /var/log/xferlog?

Hardcore: you could try to strace the program:

strace /usr/sbin/vsftpd

The capital V didn't return a value

Yes my network adapter is up

starting the binary file direct doesn't work

This is what was in the /var/log/secure file and I didn't have a /var/log/xferlog file

Aug 15 15:52:24 slave userhelper[21923]: running '/usr/sbin/pirut' with root privileges on behalf of 'root'
Aug 15 15:55:34 slave userhelper[21985]: pam_timestamp(system-install-packages:session): updated timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/root/unknown'
Aug 15 15:55:34 slave userhelper[21988]: running '/usr/sbin/system-install-packages /tmp/proftpd-1.2.10-1.fc1.i386.rpm' with root privileges on behalf of 'root'
Aug 15 15:55:51 slave userhelper[21999]: pam_timestamp(pirut:session): updated timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/root/unknown'
Aug 15 15:55:51 slave userhelper[22002]: running '/usr/sbin/pirut' with root privileges on behalf of 'root'
Aug 16 09:37:39 slave userhelper[1467]: pam_timestamp(pirut:session): updated timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/root/unknown'
Aug 16 09:37:40 slave userhelper[1470]: running '/usr/sbin/pirut' with root privileges on behalf of 'root'
Aug 16 09:43:57 slave userhelper[1610]: pam_timestamp(pirut:session): updated timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/root/unknown'
Aug 16 09:43:57 slave userhelper[1613]: running '/usr/sbin/pirut' with root privileges on behalf of 'root'
Aug 16 11:53:05 slave userhelper[3279]: pam_timestamp(pirut:session): updated timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/root/unknown'
Aug 16 11:53:05 slave userhelper[3282]: running '/usr/sbin/pirut' with root privileges on behalf of 'root'

strace didn't work came up with command not found..

[atreyu]

Okay, nothing returned with rpm -qV means the package is pristine = good.

You can download the strace program, you may need it:

yum install strace

You can also try disabling SELinux to see if that makes a difference.

Check if enabled:

getenforce

If enabled, temporarily disable it:

setenforce 0

[titley100]

Okay, nothing returned with rpm -qV means the package is pristine = good.

You can download the strace program, you may need it:

yum install strace

You can also try disabling SELinux to see if that makes a difference.

Check if enabled:

getenforce

If enabled, temporarily disable it:

setenforce 0

Okay installed strace this didn't work still and then disabled SELinux with sentenforce 0 this didn't seem to make a diffrence mate..

[atreyu]

Well, strace won't make it work - it should just output a bunch of debugging output that would hopefully give you a clue as to what is going on with vsftpd. Feel free to post the strace output here, although I may not be much help parsing it, somebody else might come along who could..

[titley100]

Well, strace won't make it work - it should just output a bunch of debugging output that would hopefully give you a clue as to what is going on with vsftpd. Feel free to post the strace output here, although I may not be much help parsing it, somebody else might come along who could..

Heres the strace out put if anyone can help...

[root@slave ~]# strace /usr/sbin/vsftpd
execve("/usr/sbin/vsftpd", ["/usr/sbin/vsftpd"], [/* 34 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x9f0f000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=41135, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 41135, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f71000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libssl.so.6", O_RDONLY)      = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\\\22\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f70000
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=293428, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 294504, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xfb8000
mmap2(0xffc000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x43) = 0xffc000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libwrap.so.0", O_RDONLY)     = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 N\206\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=32824, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 32188, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xacc000
mmap2(0xad3000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x7) = 0xad3000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY)      = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\21d\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=109740, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 100296, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x82c000
mmap2(0x841000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14) = 0x841000
mmap2(0x843000, 6088, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x843000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libpam.so.0", O_RDONLY)      = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\252/\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=44532, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 41856, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xeb6000
mmap2(0xec0000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xa) = 0xec0000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libcap.so.1", O_RDONLY)      = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260\30\246\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=11560, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 13684, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x53f000
mmap2(0x542000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2) = 0x542000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)       = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0p\252Y\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=20668, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 16504, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x185000
mmap2(0x188000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2) = 0x188000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340\237B\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1693812, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f6f000
mmap2(NULL, 1410500, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x18a000
mmap2(0x2dd000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x153) = 0x2dd000
mmap2(0x2e0000, 9668, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2e0000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libcrypto.so.6", O_RDONLY)   = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200\305\212\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1297124, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1313152, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x6c5000
mmap2(0x7ef000, 77824, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x129) = 0x7ef000
mmap2(0x802000, 14720, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x802000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320\343(\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=190712, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 187804, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x5e0000
mmap2(0x60d000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2d) = 0x60d000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P\2\312\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=613716, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 614792, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x994000
mmap2(0xa28000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x93) = 0xa28000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libcom_err.so.2", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340w\246\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=7812, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 9228, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x67d000
mmap2(0x67f000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0x67f000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\220W\262\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=157336, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 159168, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xce3000
mmap2(0xd09000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x25) = 0xd09000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY)   = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340P\206\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=80636, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f6e000
mmap2(NULL, 80072, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x37d000
mmap2(0x38d000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xf) = 0x38d000
mmap2(0x38f000, 6344, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x38f000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY)        = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\325[\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=75120, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 76496, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xf4f000
mmap2(0xf61000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x11) = 0xf61000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libaudit.so.0", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200\234\322\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=97220, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 98588, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xa72000
mmap2(0xa89000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x16) = 0xa89000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\311\264\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=33968, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 35140, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xbf8000
mmap2(0xc00000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x7) = 0xc00000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libkeyutils.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320h\265\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=8072, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 9400, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xf65000
mmap2(0xf67000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xf67000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libselinux.so.1", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\240ub\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=93508, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f6d000
mmap2(NULL, 97120, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x898000
mmap2(0x8ae000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15) = 0x8ae000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libsepol.so.1", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\357]\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=245376, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 285024, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x110000
mmap2(0x14b000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3b) = 0x14b000
mmap2(0x14c000, 39264, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x14c000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f6c000
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f6b000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7f6b6d0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0x38d000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0x2dd000, 8192, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0x188000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0x841000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0xb05000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
munmap(0xb7f71000, 41135)               = 0
access("/etc/selinux/", F_OK)           = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x9f0f000
brk(0x9f30000)                          = 0x9f30000
open("/etc/selinux/config", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=511, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f7b000
read(3, "# This file controls the state o"..., 4096) = 511
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7f7b000, 4096)                = 0
open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f7b000
read(3, "rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0\n/dev/root"..., 1024) = 546
read(3, "", 1024)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7f7b000, 4096)                = 0
stat64("/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=4578, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=4578, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f78000
mprotect(0xb7f7b000, 4096, PROT_NONE)   = 0
mprotect(0xb7f78000, 4096, PROT_NONE)   = 0
read(3, "# Example config file /etc/vsftp"..., 4578) = 4578
mprotect(0xb7f78000, 4096, PROT_READ)   = 0
munmap(0xb7f78000, 16384)               = 0
close(3)                                = 0
stat64("/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=4578, ...}) = 0
getuid32()                              = 0
getpid()                                = 5530
getpeername(0, 0xad3940, [128])         = -1 ENOTSOCK (Socket operation on non-socket)
recvfrom(0, 0xbfb2bb18, 8192, 2, 0xad3940, 0xbfb2bb14) = -1 ENOTSOCK (Socket operation on non-socket)
time(NULL)                              = 1313509434
open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY)        = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3661, ...}) = 0
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3661, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f7b000
read(3, "TZif2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\7\0\0\0\7\0\0\0\0"..., 4096) = 3661
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7f7b000, 4096)                = 0
stat64("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3661, ...}) = 0
stat64("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3661, ...}) = 0
stat64("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3661, ...}) = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)          = 3
fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)         = 0
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/dev/log"...}, 110) = 0
send(3, "<91>Aug 16 16:43:54 vsftpd[5530]"..., 99, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 99
open("/etc/hosts.allow", O_RDONLY)      = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=161, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f7b000
read(4, "#\n# hosts.allow\tThis file descri"..., 4096) = 161
read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(4)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7f7b000, 4096)                = 0
open("/etc/hosts.deny", O_RDONLY)       = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=347, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f7b000
read(4, "#\n# hosts.deny\tThis file describ"..., 4096) = 347
read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(4)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7f7b000, 4096)                = 0
close(3)                                = 0
fstat64(0, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 1), ...}) = 0
fcntl64(0, F_GETFL)                     = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR)
fcntl64(0, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)  = 0
write(0, "500 OOPS: ", 10500 OOPS: )              = 10

Thanks

[atreyu]

Have you put anything in your tcp_wrappers config files, /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny? I don't know why that would be a problem, but it is one of the last things listed in your strace output.

Also, is there ANY output when you run /usr/sbin/vsftpd by itself?

EDIT: Is anything else already listening on the default FTP port (21)?

netstat -tulnp|grep :21