[amanchenna]

Please can anyone tell me how to enable VSFTPD server in details step by step and what files I should change in order to set up the server.
When I start vsftpd in the console I got the message

vsftpd: not run standalone, must be started from inetd.

so please tell me how to start inetd.

Please give me step by step procedure.

[horndude]

assuming vsftp is pretty generic, goto /etc/inetd.conf---> edit this file as root and look thru the first oh I dunno 20-30lines and look for an entry for an ftp server, it should not have a "#" in front of it, if it does it isnt enabled.So, delete that little # sign and dont change anything else, just save the file as is.Then as root type "ps x" and look for the entry for inetd, it will have a process number or PID, find that and type:

kill -HUP <insert that number here>

then still as root go back to /etc directory and see if you can find a file thats probably named vsftpd.conf or something along those lines, thats the configuration file for your ftp server, it will be well commented......."#" in front of lines hide them from the system, removing the number symbol turns a feature on.Your probably going to want to change the the root directory the server works from, find that line and change it to suit you.Change anything else you need, then restart inetd again.Then test it and see if it works.