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

James


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