newuser cant update-inetd --enable ftp (or rather ftp doesn't start)

[John Redmond <jredmond@bmts.com>]

As per subject line I'm a new user (OK knoppix hd install) trying to
enable ftp for some local file transfer. tried update-inetd --enable ftp
which changed the file but netstat doesn't show it listening. Further
exploration showed inetd not running. Started it. disabled ftp then
enabled it again -- still nothing listening on port 21. Man page says it
will restart inetd.

What have I done wrong? (And as a long-time slackware user, what does
update-inetd bring to the party that 'vi inetd.conf';  'killall -HUP'
inetd doesn't?)

Thanks.

John

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