Problem with xinetd

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 14:16 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote:
> # vsftpd is the secure FTP server.
> service ftp
> {
>          disable                 = no
>          socket_type             = stream
>          wait                    = no
>          user                    = root
>          server                  = /usr/sbin/vsftpd
>          server_args             = /etc/vsftpd.conf
>          per_source              = 5
>          instances               = 200
> #        no_access               = 192.168.1.3
>          banner_fail             = /etc/vsftpd.busy_banner
>          log_on_success          += PID HOST DURATION
>          log_on_failure          += HOST
> }

The server_args parameter is the command line options passed to vsftpd
and not the configuration file pathname.  If you remove that line, it
should work.  Your vsftpd.conf file should have the listen=YES line
commented out.  That option enables the server in standalone mode.

xinetd logs to /var/log/daemon.log.  You should see any error messages
there.
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