I'm trying to set up an FTP server, as per the directions here --> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=17

I'm down to where I have to connect via "ftp localhost" but when I do that I get the error:

What does this mean? and how do I resolve this issue?

There is one more step you may need to do. su as root and open up an editor. Open the file /etc/inetd.conf

Check the file for a line that contains:

#ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd proftpd

If you don't see it, then just type it in. (I use tabs between the words.) Make sure you change the path from /usr/sbin/tcpd to whatever is correct for your system.

Delete the # at the beginning of the line

If you made a change, then restart your inetd server by typing in the command:

kill -HUP 'cat /var/run/inetd.pid'

Don't worry, that command will find the inetd process and restart it using the kill command.

Hope that helps!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this works on a Slackware system so YMMV a bit.

Your super server daemon (for lack of a better term) doesn't know what to do with the ftp request.

Cheers!

That file does not exist for me, should I create it?

If it's not there, then it won't do any good to start it.

What does this command tell you?

cat /var/run/inetd.pid