happened to me too, when i first used 7.1
Couldnt help but think that inetd was much easier(xinetd got separate files for the ftp,telnet,pop,etc)...but xinetd is much more convenient and secure of course..
just dont forget to restart xinetd when you make the changes to the ftp file (at least i needed to remind myself the last time i did that he heh)
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