vsftpd won't work with port 21
 

Hello,

I've working on getting an ftp server working on my computer using vsftpd running stand alone. Everything works fine when i set "listen_port=10021" However, i get an error when i set "listen_port=21" The error i receive is "500 OOPS: could not bind listening socket".

Could someone please help me to get vsftpd to work with port 21?
I am using vsftpd version 1.1.3 running on Red Hat 9, and I have my computer so it will allow incoming ftps on port 21 in the security level configuration for red hat.
Thanks

may be any other ftp daemons are running ???...

i don't think any are, but how would i find out?

ok, using nmap i discovered that port 21 is indeed in use, but i don't know what program is using it or how to shut it down.

try "killall -9 inetd"...then try to start vsftpD again :)...
read manual page for inetd,("man inetd")
and you don't need to scan your ports with nmap,
use "netstat -nat"

thanks