[CentOS] alternate port for vsftp
Ray Leventhal
centos at swhi.net
Tue Jul 3 18:13:04 UTC 2007
Stephen Harris wrote:
>> On a fresh install of CentOS5, I need to use an alternate port for ftp.
>> Currently vsftpd wants the standard port which is in use by another
>> system on my NATted network. So...how does one go about reconfiguring
>> vsftpd to do this? I've looked in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf to no avail.
>>
>
> >From the FAQ that's included with the documentation (at least on my 4.5
> machine)
>
> Q) Help! Can I change the port that vsftpd runs on?
> A1) Yes. If you are running vsftpd in standalone mode, use the "listen_port"
> directive in vsftpd.conf.
> A2) Yes. If you are running vsftpd from an inetd or xinetd program, this
> becomes an inetd or xinetd problem. You must change the inetd or xinetd
> configuration files (perhaps /etc/inetd.conf or /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd)
>
> Sometimes reading the documentation helps :-)
>
>
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for your reply. Actually, I have read the docs, have ensured
that vsftpd is not running under xinetd (vsftpd.conf file shows
listen=YES, listen_port=318); I am *not* listening for IPv6.
I can't start the daemon. Running /etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd status shows
"vsftpd dead but subsys locked". This occurs each and every time unless
I remove listen_port= from the conf file and let the daemon use port 21.
Soooo...I'm stuck and while I know I can get this working with proftpd,
I'd rather not for obvious security reason.
Thanks again, in advance, for any replies.
Regards,
~Ray
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