VSFTPD Problem

Paul Guba yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Thu Jul 22 17:53:01 2004


No firewall problems I connect to server.  I am returned connecting to 
vsftpd 1.3xxx then I am asked for a login.  Username and password of 
shell account refused.


On Thursday, July 22, 2004, at 06:55  PM, nathan r. hruby wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Paul Guba wrote:
>
>> Server is up and running however I can only connect via a secure
>> connection.  I can sftp via the command line and works fine.  I would
>> like to be able to connect via standard ftp.  All of my web authoring
>> software works this way.  I have searched their site but find no
>> reference to this issue.
>>
>
> vsFTPd is a FTP daemon.
> SFTP, is a component of the SSh version 2 protocol.
>
> If you have started vsftpd by doing a "service vsftpd vsftp" as root on
> your linux machine, then you may need to check /etc/hosts.allow and 
> make
> sure you have access rules for the IP/hostname you are trying to get to
> your box from.  you shoudl also check to make sure that ports 20 and 21
> (both tcp) are open on your firewall as well.
>
> vsftpd logs messages to /var/log/messages and /var/log/xferlog so those
> are good places to look for more info.
>
> -n
>
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