Hi,

I downloaded vsftpd but I can't find any program to use it, when I try to run it, it say it does not run standaole, must be started from inetd. Any suggestion?

RHL 9 - its using xinetd. Redhat ships vsftpd. The RHL 9 version can be a stand alone server or an xinetd controlled service.

If you need to start it with xinetd:

1. check /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and make sure this is commented:

listen=YES -> put a # to disable

2. Create a vsftpd file under /etc/xinetd.d/ with lines likes this:

# default: off
# description: The vsftpd FTP server serves FTP connections. It uses \
# normal, unencrypted usernames and passwords for authentication.
service ftp
{
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/vsftpd
nice = 10
disable = no
flags = IPv4
}

then restart xinetd:

/sbin/service xinetd restart

You need to be root to do these.

hth.

So get inetd to start it for you!

As root, edit /etc/inetd so that inetd starts it for you.
Add a line

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/vsftpd

and any command line arguments it needs as appropriate
and restart the server with

/etc/init.d/inetd restart

BUT since you are using RedHat9 (or so you claim in your sidebar info), are you not running xinetd?

Then as root, create the file in /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd with the following contents

#*****************************************************************************#
#
# file : /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd
#
#*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*#
#
# description : The vsftpd FTP server serves FTP connections. It uses
# unencrypted username and password pairs for authentication.
#
service ftp
{
bind = <insert your IP address here>
disable = no
flags = REUSE
nice = 10
server = /usr/sbin/vsftpd
server_args = <add appropriate command line arguments here or delete this line>
socket_type = stream
user = root
wait = no
}
#
#*****************************************************************************#

Then restart the server with

# /etc/init.d/xinetd restart

Not too difficult?

I did it but still refuse connections....

[root@localhost root]# ftp 127.0.0.1
Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1).
500 OOPS: vsftpd: too many arguments (I take an optional config file only)

And my config file:
#*****************************************************************************#
#
# file : /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd
#
#*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*#
#
# description : The vsftpd FTP server serves FTP connections. It uses
# unencrypted username and password pairs for authentication.
#
service ftp
{
bind = 127.0.0.1
disable = no
flags = REUSE
nice = 10
server = /usr/sbin/vsftpd
socket_type = stream
user = root
wait = no
}
#
#*****************************************************************************#

thanks for any help

From /usr/share/doc/xinetd-2.3.11/CHANGELOG

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHANGELOG: All services now essentially default to having the REUSE flag.
CHANGELOG: The -reuse option and the REUSE flag are now silently ignored.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I missed that one, so remove the

FLAGS=REUSE

line and trying again.

Please let post if that works or not (including error message).