FTP question

[Francis X. Maier]

Thanks Bill and Clint.

SFTW SFTW SFTW SFTW.

Yes, I have the rhythm now.  Catchy tune.  ;-)

Seriously, thanks.  And I do, in my noobie clumsiness SFTW, but the
granite twixt the ears is still not adequately porous!

Fran


On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 17:15, Longman, Bill wrote:
> > So I checked the YDL HOWTOs and found something on proftpd, 
> > which I then
> > discovered seems to be an alternative to vsftpd, already on 
> > my machine.
> > So I went in and turned on vsftpd; but I still can't upload -- wrong
> > login, etc..  Is there some other step I need to take?  Thanks in
> > advance!
> 
> Remember the mantra: STFW STFW STFW
> 
> Q) Help! Local users cannot log in. A) There are various possible problems.
> A1) By default, vsftpd disables any logins other than anonymous logins. Put
> local_enable=YES in your /etc/vsftpd.conf to allow local users to log in.
> A2) vsftpd tries to link with PAM. (Run "ldd vsftpd" and look for libpam to
> find out whether this has happened or not). If vsftpd links with PAM, then
> you will need to have a PAM file installed for the vsftpd service. There is
> a sample one for RedHat systems included in the "RedHat" directory - put it
> under /etc/pam.d A3) If vsftpd didn't link with PAM, then there are various
> possible issues. Is the user's shell in /etc/shells? If you have shadowed
> passwords, does your system have a "shadow.h" file in the include path? A4)
> If you are not using PAM, then vsftpd will do its own check for a valid user
> shell in /etc/shells. You may need to disable this if you use an invalid
> shell to disable logins other than FTP logins. Put check_shell=NO in your
> /etc/vsftpd.conf.
> 
> This lovely little snippet brought to you by one Google search for "vsftpd
> faq".
> 
> Bill
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