VSFTPD Problem

[David C. Hacker, DVM]

You may need to set up an ftp user or ftp group or password file for 
it.  Just a thought.
David C. Hacker, DVM
On Jul 22, 2004, at 7:50 PM, Paul Guba wrote:

> 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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>> nathan hruby <nhruby@uga.edu>
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