Vsftpd

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

= Start it = To start vsftpd, if it is a standalone-service, issue /etc/init.d/vsftpd start If it is a xinetd service, remove the line  from /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd and start it with /etc/init.d/xinetd start

= Verify it runs = In case of problems check if a process is listening on the ftp socket. Open a console as root and enter: vsftpd    9549    root    3u  IPv4 1284946706       TCP *:ftp (LISTEN) In this case, stand-alone vsftpd is listening on the computer's ftp port.
 * 1) lsof -i | grep ftp

= Website = http://vsftpd.beasts.org/

Needs: information on installation, including the presence or absence of chkconfig which is missing on Ubuntu by default, for instance.

Needs: usage sample that actually transfers a file.