Vsftpd sends OOPS to a FTP client when listen() returns with the EADDRINUSE error.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • "get" command of ftp failed with the following messages on the client system.
500 OOPS: listen

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
  • vsftpd-2.0.5-16.el5_5.1

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