Starting vsftpd

[Vwakes]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 Todd Cary wrote:

>My son sent me a computer configured with RH 9 and vsftpd is
>installed, however it does not appear to be started (ps -A | grep
>"vsftpd") produces nothing.

ps wont show the process coz its started by xinetd. Try

netstat -a
netstat -a |grep ftp

>How can I check to see if xinetd is starting vsftpd ...

See above and/or 'telnet 127.0.0.1 21'. It should ideally connect.

>and how does one configure xinetd to "start" vsftpd?

Edit /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd to say 'disable = no' if it's yes and restart
xinetd by '/etc/init.d/xinetd restart'

>Sorry for the simplistic questions, but I am slowly learning some of
>the in's and out's of Linux....

No Problemo

[Todd Cary]

<<<
to say 'disable = no'

>>>

So simple! Missed that after finding the vsftpd file and moving into
the xinetd.d directory. Like most things with Linux, it is simple *and*
a text editor does the job. It is just a matter of learning how the
"simple" peieces fit together!

Many thanks....

Todd


Vwakes wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 Todd Cary wrote:
>

> >My son sent me a computer configured with RH 9 and vsftpd is
> >installed, however it does not appear to be started (ps -A | grep
> >"vsftpd") produces nothing.

>
> ps wont show the process coz its started by xinetd. Try
>
> netstat -a
> netstat -a |grep ftp
>

> >How can I check to see if xinetd is starting vsftpd ...

>
> See above and/or 'telnet 127.0.0.1 21'. It should ideally connect.
>

> >and how does one configure xinetd to "start" vsftpd?

>
> Edit /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd to say 'disable = no' if it's yes and restart
> xinetd by '/etc/init.d/xinetd restart'
>

> >Sorry for the simplistic questions, but I am slowly learning some of
> >the in's and out's of Linux....

>
> No Problemo

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

Todd Cary wrote:

> My son sent me a computer configured with RH 9 and vsftpd is installed,
> however it does not appear to be started (ps -A | grep "vsftpd")
> produces nothing.
>
> How can I check to see if xinetd is starting vsftpd and how does one
> configure xinetd to "start" vsftpd?
>
> Sorry for the simplistic questions, but I am slowly learning some of the
> in's and out's of Linux....
>
> Todd
>

"ftp localhost"?

Also, "/sbin/chkconfig --list" to give you the full list of enabled and
disabled services?