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Vsftpd is the "Very secure file transfer protocol daemon". To configure it, first find out if it is started via xinetd, inetd or as stand-alone service:
chkconfig --list
To start vsftpd, if it is a standalone-service, issue
/etc/init.d/vsftpd start
If it is a xinetd service, remove the line disable=yes from /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd and start it with
/etc/init.d/xinetd start
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