quick howto for ftpd?

[Joe Smith]

Dan wrote:
> ...
> Do you have selinux enabled? selinux could be stopping proftpd from 
> accessing directory listings and accessing files.
> ...

Gack. Right, of course.

Google found me this:

$ man ftpd_selinux

where it tells me this:

>  setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1
> 
>  ftpd  can  run  either  as a standalone daemon or as part of the xinetd
>  domain.  If you want  to  run  ftpd  as  a  daemon  you  must  set  the
>  ftpd_is_daemon boolean.
> 
>  setsebool -P ftpd_is_daemon 1
>  service vsftpd restart
>  ...

which gives me this:
# setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1
# setsebool -P ftpd_is_daemon 1
libsemanage.dbase_llist_set: record not found in the database
libsemanage.dbase_llist_set: could not set record value
Could not change boolean ftpd_is_daemon
Could not change policy booleans

But apparently that doesn't matter because proftpd works now, but 
pure-ftpd is still not cooperating.

Thanks!

<Joe