If you get the error while starting vsFTPd, which reads somewhat like this:
[root@fed ~]# /etc/init.d/vsftpd start
Starting vsftpd for extern: 500 OOPS: vsftpd: not configured for standalone, must be started from inetd
[FAILED]
Don`t panic. Normally inetd is not included on a default Fedora 8 installation. The default network daemon used is the xinetd. So starting vsftpd from [...]