> > To avoid conflict, if you have it managed by xinetd, you should run > "chkconfig --level 2345 vsftpd off" and turn vsftpd off in all run > levels. Also run "service vsftpd stop" if the daemon is > running, then > run "service xinetd restart" so xinetd will listen on port 20 > and start > the daemon when needed. Great Find! The chkconfig command will definitely be of use. Well I was able to get vsftpd working with out an issue on the box I intended it to go on. But I didn't use xinetd but rather started it up with the init.d script. I configured it and got it to do everything I needed. I went back to the other box to see whats up with it not working correctly with xinitd with the information I have picked up from this thread thus far. It just seems like it would not read the config file. But testing it right now, the darn thing seems to be running. So I have set up one box running it from init.d and another box running it from xinetd. Thing is, I don't know exactly what I changed or did different on the xinitd box! I did a "chkconfig --level 2345 vsftpd off" on this box, but it was already at: vsftpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off When I did it, basically I did it just to see it do it. Heres what I see when logged in to both boxes running vsftpd with two users logged in: Initd box: root 4158 0.0 0.0 3648 496 ? S Mar17 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 4296 0.0 0.0 3712 776 ? S 02:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf heck1 4298 0.0 0.0 3736 800 ? S 02:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 4299 0.0 0.0 3712 776 ? S 02:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 504 4301 0.0 0.0 3736 800 ? S 02:04 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf Xinitd box: root 3099 0.0 0.3 3308 496 ? S Mar18 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 6520 0.0 0.6 3372 812 ? S 01:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf heck1 6522 0.0 0.6 3396 832 ? S 01:13 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf nobody 6523 0.1 0.6 3372 776 ? S 01:13 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 502 6525 0.0 0.6 3396 848 ? S 01:13 0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf QUESTION: the nobody account, I assume that's like the IUSR account on a windows box or just some service account? Also, on both boxes it seems one of the users I logged into isnt listed by name but by a number. The 504, and 502, WHY IS THAT? Thanks! /g
