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I have installed vsftpd on my CentOS VM

rpm -qa | grep vsftp    
vsftpd-2.2.2-13.el6_6.1.x86_64

vsftpd is running     
service vsftpd status    
vsftpd (pid 14806) is running...

But I am unable to do ftp localhost or vsftpd 127.0.0.1 and it says 

[root@ash-dev-xxx-admintest-01 vsftpd]#  vsftpd 127.0.0.1    
500 OOPS: cannot read config file: 127.0.0.1

Attached below is the vsftpd.conf file .

[root@ash-dev-xxx-admintest-01 vsftpd]# pwd    
/etc/vsftpd    
[root@ash-dev-xxx-admintest-01 vsftpd]# ls -l    
total 20    
-rw------- 1 root root  125 Oct 17  2014 ftpusers    
-rw------- 1 root root  361 Oct 17  2014 user_list    
-rw------- 1 root root 4597 Apr 28 06:10 vsftpd.conf    
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  338 Oct 17  2014 vsftpd_conf_migrate.sh
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vsftpd is a service (man vsftpd) vsftpd - Very Secure FTP Daemon:

/sbin/service vsftpd status

vsftpd (pid 12870) is running...

If you stop it:

/sbin/service vsftpd stop

You won't be able to ftp to the server:

ftp 127.0.0.1

ftp: connect: Connection refused

Start the service again:

/sbin/service vsftpd start

Starting vsftpd for vsftpd:                                [  OK  ]

Use ftp instead of vsftpd to connect to localhost....

# ftp 127.0.0.1
Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1).
220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2)
Name (127.0.0.1:root):
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  • no that did not answer my question. I have the service running. – Somnath Chatterjee Apr 29 '15 at 07:07
  • [root@sea-dev-mms-admintest-01 vsftpd]# /sbin/service vsftpd status vsftpd (pid 14806) is running... [root@sea-dev-mms-admintest-01 vsftpd]# /sbin/service vsftpd stop Shutting down vsftpd: [ OK ] [root@sea-dev-mms-admintest-01 vsftpd]# /sbin/service vsftpd start Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: [ OK ] [root@sea-dev-mms-admintest-01 vsftpd]# vsftpd 127.0.0.1 500 OOPS: cannot read config file: 127.0.0.1 – Somnath Chatterjee Apr 29 '15 at 07:08
  • The trick here is that you use FTP and not VSFTPD to connect. `vsftpd IP Address` is incorrect. `ftp IP Address` is the correct way to use it. – GoinOff Apr 29 '15 at 13:25
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Well I solved it myself. I installed vsftpd but did not install the ftp client. I installed ftp-0.17-54.el6.x86_64 and it solved the problem

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