Problem with xinetd

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 12:09 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote:
> Ray Leventhal wrote:
> > Knute Johnson wrote:
> >> I'm trying to configure xinetd to control access to my vsftp server.  I 
> >> installed xinetd, I put the config file in /etc/xinetd.d and I started 
> >> xinetd.  Only it won't start vsftpd.  Anybody know of a detailed (read 
> >> that for idiots) installation and setup instructions?
> >>

Be sure you do not have inetd running.  I believe it is the default
superserver in Ubuntu.  xinetd is a replacement for inetd.  
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