Ftp – vsftpd error cannot bind socket or connect

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I just installed vsftpd on a rackspace cloudserver running ubuntu.

After a restart I get the following error:

root@scrapy:~# vsftpd 500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket

And this error in Transmit when I try to ftp:

Error -203: miscellaneous error occurred while trying to login to the host

Best Answer

See if this is helpful:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=264003

In particular:

Edit the /etc/vsftpd.conf and make sure that you have commented out the "listen=YES", if you are trying to run vsftpd through xinetd.

I'd run a stop and make sure noone is listening before starting the daemon.

Edit: Re: your second issue, you need to allow FTP on your firewall.

You need port 20/21 tcp depending on active or passive FTP. slacksite.com/other/ftp.html

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Most likely passive port problems and your firewall, as usual. Set these:

ftp_data_port=20
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pasv_max_port=64321

...and open port range 64123-64321 to clients and this server. See:

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Either pasv_address needs to be the external IP address, or pasv_addr_resolve=YES needs to be set so that the hostname you entered will be resolved when vsftpd starts. If you use a hostname with pasv_addr_resolve, vsftpd has to be restarted if the IP address changes.

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