From LQWiki

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

Website

http://vsftpd.beasts.org/