Installing vsftpd - 500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket?

Remember to comment out

listen=YES

in your vsftpd.conf file so that you don't run your vsftpd in standalone mode

It fixed the problem in my case.

You are getting this error probably because of xinetd ftp is running.

The procedure mentioned below will resolve the following errors:

A) 500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket, for vsftpd

B) Server hangup immediately after connect, for ncftpget

Follow the procedure mentioned below to rectify the error:

• To View which ftp service is running use:

  $ lsof -i | grep ftp (Become root and run this command)
  

• To stop xinetd:

  $ sudo service xinetd stop
  

• After stoping xinetd restart your vsftpd service by typing :

  $ /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart  (Become root and run this command)
  

• Also check the vsftpd.conf with this one:

  listen=YES
  local_enable=YES
  write_enable=YES
  local_umask=022
  dirmessage_enable=YES
  use_localtime=YES
  xferlog_enable=YES
  secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
  pam_service_name=vsftpd
  rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem