[RndTbl] vsftp not connecting

[Kevin McGregor]

I already had put in
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES

Then on a whim I took out
auth    required        pam_shells.so

from /etc/vsftpd.conf, and then it started working. I guess it didn't like
that /bin/bash was set as my shell in /etc/passwd and also in /etc/shells.
Or something.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca>wrote:

> On 2011-03-22 Kevin McGregor wrote:
> > Maybe someone can throw in their two cents on this:
> >
> > I installed vsftpd on my Ubuntu 10.04 server, and I set
> >
> > local_enable=YES
> > write_enable=YES
> >
> > When I FTP to the server, I get prompted for a username and password,
> > but it seems to just reject it and ask for username/password again.
> > What else do I need to do? I just want one account to be able to FTP
> > upload files to this server.
>
> Ah, you're assuming it's easy.  Vsftp config is for sure not that!
>
> Here's my config:
> anonymous_enable=NO
> local_enable=YES
> write_enable=YES
> local_umask=0002
> dirmessage_enable=YES
> xferlog_enable=YES
> connect_from_port_20=YES
> xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
> xferlog_std_format=YES
> idle_session_timeout=3600
> nopriv_user=ftp
> ascii_upload_enable=YES
> ascii_download_enable=YES
> ftpd_banner=This is a private system.  Unauthorized use is strictly
> prohibited.  Violators will prosecuted.
> pam_service_name=vsftpd
> userlist_enable=YES
> userlist_deny=NO
> userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd/user_list
> listen=YES
> tcp_wrappers=YES
> chroot_local_user=YES
> anon_max_rate=50000
> local_max_rate=100000
> anon_umask=0007
> file_open_mode=0666
> user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/userconfs
>
> Then make a /etc/vsftpd/user_list and populate it with allowed user ids
> for login.  One per line.  Mine only has 2 entries (the more locked
> down the better).
>
> Then make files, one per user allowed, the filename the same as the
> username in /etc/vsftpd/userconfs/.  I have 1 line in each:
> local_root=/var/ftp/pub
>
> Or wherever you want them to be able to access.
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