WU-FTP Startup Voodoo?

[Brett Kirksey]

On Friday 24 September 2004 at 16:35+0100, Thom May wrote:

> check /etc/inetd.conf to see that you have a line like:
> 
> ftp             stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/sbin/wu-ftpd -l
>
> Then, 
> sudo invoke-rc.d inetd restart
> 
> to restart it.

Okay, bear with me here, just so I will know, what exactly is this doing? When is it doing whatever it is doing? How do I make sure ftpd is running when I start or restart the computer.

Thanks
Brett