Hi , First i would apologize for posting this question related to user space in this mailing list . I have downloaded your troll ftpd source and cross compiled for Mips processor fpr kernel 2.6.15 . Loaded into the target and tried to run (below is the message) # ./ftpd 421 Cannot getsockname( STDIN ), errno=95 May 6 05:55:54 in.ftpd[48]: Cannot getsockname( STDIN ): Socket operation on nt# I have no clue how to proceed further , Any pointers will be helpful to me. Thanks Gowri -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/