Hi, I'm trying to get my ftp server up with vsftp on FC5.

If I start up the vsftpd with /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf, works OK.

But if I use /etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd start I get an error at login:

[root@dess home]# ftp xx.xx.xx.xx
Connected to xx.xx.xx.xx.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.4)
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (10.50.1.35:root): userX
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/userX
Login failed.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
ftp> bye


What could be wrong?

Thanks

Are you sure you want local users to be able to login to your ftp server..?

In any case, what are the permissions on that directory?

permissions on the userX homedirectory:
drwxr-xr-x 3 userX userX 4096 May 18 14:16 /home/userX/

And, actualy, the only users that can acces my ftp server are local users

When you start vsftpd with "/etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd start" it could be that it loads the config from /etc/vsftpd.conf in stead of /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

So maybe you can see if /etc/vsftpd.conf exists and if not then just make a softlink to /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf to see if it helps.