path: vsftpd_3.0.5-0.5/INSTALL inetd will need to be told to reload its config file: kill -SIGHUP `pidof inetd` 5b) If using "xinetd", you can follow a provided example, by looking at the path: vsftpd_3.0.5-0.5/debian/vsftpd.init done if `! pidof vsftpd | tr '' '\n' | grep -oqs "${_PID}"` then log_warning_msg "vsftpd failed - probably invalid config." path: vsftpd_3.0.5-0.5/debian/vsftpd.init do _PID="$(if [ -e /var/run/vsftpd/vsftpd.pid ]; then cat /var/run/vsftpd/vsftpd.pid; fi)" if `pidof vsftpd | tr '' '\n' | grep -oqs "${_PID}"` then break