VPS на OpenVZ с ос debian-9.0-x86_64-minimal. Запускаю командой sudo systemctl start vsftpd.
sudo journalctl -u vsftpd выводит:
Jul 29 19:22:08 vm352902 systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: Failed to set invocation ID on control group /system.slice/v sftpd.service, ignoring: Operation not permitted Jul 29 19:22:08 vm352902 systemd[1]: Starting vsftpd FTP server... Jul 29 19:22:08 vm352902 systemd[1]: Started vsftpd FTP server. Jul 29 19:22:08 vm352902 systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT m Jul 29 19:22:08 vm352902 systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: Unit entered failed state. Jul 29 19:22:08 vm352902 systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.