VSFTPD – Starting and Stopping

To start the server, as root type:

/sbin/service vsftpd start

To stop the server, as root type:

/sbin/service vsftpd stop

The restart option is a shorthand way of stopping and then starting vsftpd. This is the most efficient way to make configuration changes take effect after editing the configuration file for vsftpd.

To restart the server, as root type:

/sbin/service vsftpd restart

The condrestart (conditional restart) option only starts vsftpd if it is currently running. This option is useful for scripts, because it does not start the daemon if it is not running.

To conditionally restart the server, as root type:

/sbin/service vsftpd condrestart