On 7/3/07, Ray Leventhal <centos at swhi.net> wrote: > 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. Are you using selinux? It restricts ftpd to port 21 iirc. You'll have to create a local policy allowing it to listen/connect on a port other than that. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell