But if you use the src.rpm that was already suggested then this 32 vs 64 
bit issue should just go away.

-Connie Sieh
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Connie Sieh wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Wenji Wu wrote:
>
>>> Is there a reason you don't want to use a prebuilt binary? If not, try:
>>>
>>> yum install vsftpd
>>>
>>> It's in the sl-base repository and installed fine for me.
>>>
>>> Installed: vsftpd.i386 0:2.0.5-10.el5
>>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> The binary does not work for my case. I am working on a research project, and need to modify the vsftp code.
>>
>> wenji
>>
>
>
> You have a 32 vs 64 bit conflict.
> You need to tell the make that you want to build a 64 bit binary.
>
> -connie
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 17:14 -0600, Wenji Wu wrote:
>>>> Hi,  I got some problem to install vsftpd on my system, any thought?
>>> thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> My system is:
>>>> [root@wan-koi vsftpd-2.0.5]# uname -a
>>>> Linux wan-koi.fnal.gov 2.6.20 #52 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 15 15:49:20
>>> CST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>> Building Problem is:
>>>> .................................................................................................
>>>> [root@wan-koi vsftpd-2.0.5]# make
>>>> gcc -c main.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c utility.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c prelogin.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c ftpcmdio.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c postlogin.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c privsock.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c tunables.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c ftpdataio.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c secbuf.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c ls.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c postprivparent.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c logging.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c str.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c netstr.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c sysstr.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c strlist.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c banner.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c filestr.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c parseconf.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c secutil.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c ascii.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c oneprocess.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c twoprocess.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c privops.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c standalone.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c hash.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c tcpwrap.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c ipaddrparse.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c access.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c features.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c readwrite.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c ssl.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c sysutil.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -c sysdeputil.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
>>>> gcc -o vsftpd main.o utility.o prelogin.o ftpcmdio.o postlogin.o
>>> privsock.o tunables.o ftpdataio.o secbuf.o ls.o postprivparent.o
>>> logging.o str.o netstr.o sysstr.o strlist.o banner.o filestr.o
>>> parseconf.o secutil.o ascii.o oneprocess.o twoprocess.o privops.o
>>> standalone.o hash.o tcpwrap.o ipaddrparse.o access.o features.o
>>> readwrite.o ssl.o sysutil.o sysdeputil.o -Wl,-s `./vsf_findlibs.sh`
>>>> /lib/libpam.so.0: could not read symbols: File in wrong format
>>>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>>> make: *** [vsftpd] Error 1
>>>> ..........................................................................................................................
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>>
>>>> wenji
>>>
>>
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