... ciao: : on "8-28-2010" "Andreas Moroder" writ: : the strange thing is that it worked for years. : Now I started vsftpd from a init script so inetd is no more involved. from the man page: "SYNOPSIS vsftpd [configuration file] DESCRIPTION vsftpd is the Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon. The server should be invoked from a ``super-server'' such as inetd(8) or xinetd(8)." i'd start there ... -- ... it's not what you see , but in stead , notice ... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html