[RndTbl] vsftp not connecting

Kevin McGregor kevin.a.mcgregor at gmail.com
Tue Mar 22 13:17:05 CDT 2011


Thanks for the suggestion, Gilles. Alas, getting Security at the City to
allow SSH out is like pulling teeth from a very hungry crocodile -- I'd like
to avoid both. I'd totally prefer SSH, but it's not an option.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Gilles Detillieux <
grdetil at scrc.umanitoba.ca> wrote:

> Also check your userlist_* options in vsftpd.conf.  If userlist_enable
> is YES, then make sure the login name you're using isn't in the
> user_list file (or is if userlist_deny=NO).  You may want to check the
> PAM configuration as well, as it can add another layer, and another
> allow/deny list as it does on RHEL systems.
>
> You could also enable the dual_log_enable and syslog_enable options, as
> this may give you a bit more feedback in your logs to help get to the
> bottom of this.
>
> If all else fails, install/enable sshd and switch from FTP to SFTP.  ;-)
>
> Gilles
>
> On 22/03/2011 12:27 PM, 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.
> >
> > Kevin
>
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