Description of problem: wu-ftpd won't startup in standalone mode. It logs a "Cannot create socket to listen on: Address family not supported by protocol" error in /var/log/messages and quites. This sounds like the same problem as in bug 64764, but it's still happening in Red Hat 8.0. I've run netstat -apt as I suggested to the other person to ensure that xinetd was no longer holding the socket and it isn't. I've tried starting it 20 minutes after disabled wu-ftpd in xinetd to see if that helped and it didn't. Interestingly the same error message is given even if xinetd has the socket: [root@ahps xinetd.d]# netstat -apt | head -2 Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name [root@ahps xinetd.d]# netstat -apt | grep ftp tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN 16445/xinetd [root@ahps xinetd.d]# in.ftpd -l -a -s [root@ahps xinetd.d]# tail /var/log/messages . . . Jan 13 14:28:07 ahps ftpd[16466]: wu-ftpd - TLS settings: control allow, client_cert allow, data allow Jan 13 14:28:07 ahps ftpd[16466]: FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2-5) ready. Jan 13 14:28:07 ahps ftpd[16466]: Cannot create socket to listen on: Address family not supported by protocol Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # rpm -q wu-ftpd wu-ftpd-2.6.2-5 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Disable wu-ftpd in xinetd (if enabled) 2. wu.ftpd -s or wu.ftpd -l -a -s Actual results: Message in /var/log/messages: Jan 13 14:22:02 ahps ftpd[16454]: Cannot create socket to listen on: Address family not supported by protocol Expected results: Additional info:
Please use vsftpd instead. wu-ftpd is not maintained anymore.