Hello everyone

I have recently installed SuSe 11 and am trying to run a standalone ftp server on the machine.

I have a problem though. When I am trying to restart my vsftpd i get the following error:

Mighty:~ # /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
Shutting down vsftpd done
Starting vsftpd startproc: exit status of parent of /usr/sbin/vsftpd: 1
failed

I have read a thread by mwade with replies from gilead, but his solution (uncomment listen=YES) does not apply to my case since mine is uncommented.
Here is my vsftpd.conf

#***************Global SET*************
# Master SET
ftpd_banner="Welcome to MightyBox"
local_root=/srv/ftp/

# SECURITY SET
write_enable=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
local_unmask=022
ssl_enable=NO
anonymous_enable=NO
anon_world_readable_only=YES
anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO
anon_upload_enable=NO

# Connection SET
connect_from_port_20=NO
listen_port=6161
local_enable=YES
pasv_enable=YES
pasv_max_port=5005
pasv_min_port=5000
ssl_sslv2=NO
ssl_sslv3=NO
ssl_tlsv1=YES

# Log SET
log_ftp_protocol=NO
xferlog_enable=YES
xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
xferlog_std_format=NO
chroot_local_user=NO
anon_root=/srv/ftp/anon/
idle_session_timeout=900
max_clients=10
max_per_ip=3
local_umask=022
listen=YES
#********************************************

I hope someone can offer some help.

Thanks. GM

I guess vsftpd is configured to run via xinetd, so it conflicts when you try to run it standalone. Check /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd and make sure that "disable=yes". Then restart xinetd and try to start vsftpd again.

Sorry, bathory, but it's configured to run on boot. I tried both on boot and via xinet.d swithing vsftpd service on and off with no results.

As much as I would like to run SuSe 11, I'm thinking about reverting to 10.3.
Tried a quick config on another machine and it runs w/o errors.
Thanks for the contribution.

The error you get means that the port vsftpd tries to use (6161 in your case) is already open.should tell you if this is the case.
You can stop xinetd and then try to start vsftp to see what happens.

Regards

i was having the same issue with vsftp not starting..
go into your vsftpd.con file and add "listen_ipv6=NO".

So far i have had the same problem with VSFTP, VNC & SAMBA.

also your listen port is set to 6161 (for a reason?)

Good Luck

SysOps

I have the same problem in my opensuse.Could you tell me if you have solved it?