Starting vsftpd gives a "500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket" error

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Issue

When attempting to start the vsftpd FTP daemon an "500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket" error is encountered

[root@hostname ~]# service vsftpd stop
Shutting down vsftpd:                                      [  OK  ]
[root@hostname ~]# service vsftpd start
Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: 500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket
                                                           [  OK  ]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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