> 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


> 
> 
> 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
>