vsftp help
 

I get this error when I try to run my vsftpd server

500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket

ftp localhost command also gives me same error

what could be the problem?

Is vsftpd running?

netstat -l (lowercase L)

Have you cut off access to ftp through a firewall or tcpwrappers?

tcp 0 0 *:32768 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:32769 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:x11 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LISTEN

I dont think its working..this is what i got when i typed that command. I dont have any firewall up

what does this mean?

500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket

Hello,

I've had a similar problem. Actually I've forgotten to remove this line in my vsftpd.conf :
listen=YES

Yes, in the INSTALL file they say to write down this line in configuration file (for testing in standalone mode), but didn't say to remove it when using inetd; now I think it's obvious :)

Both Inetd and vsftpd were trying to listen on the same port, hence the error message.

Try to remove or comment out this line

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mig

lol thx mig mig ;)

would never of thought to comment that out.
it does make sense if you think about it

very cool hint. Helped me out also :)

Thanks alot.