vsftpd dead but subsys locked

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

Unable to start the vsftpd service

# service vsftpd start
vsftpd dead but subsys locked

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • vsftpd

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