thanks for the help...im new to the linux scene and i heard mandrake was easy to use so i figured ide give it a try....it comes with PROftpd 1.2.2 enabled by default...i got that working and went to edit the config file and change the port used to login and it stopped working...i reset everything back to default and still no luck...i might disable it and try installing the one you were talkin about if i cant fix this....thanks for the help....