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. [...]