from
http://www.vsftpdrocks.org/faq/
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.
from a2. i did ldd vsftpd in console and got:
root@work:/usr/sbin# ldd vsftpd
ldd: ./vsftpd: No such file or directory
i put the pam redhat file in /etc/pam.d
and nothing changed
the pam redhat files contents are :
#%PAM-1.0
auth required /lib/security/pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny file$auth required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok
auth required /lib/security/pam_shells.so
account required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
session required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
i also put did root@work:/etc/pam.d# ln -s /usr/include/shadow.h /usr/sbin
to include shadow.h in root's path as recommended.
still get 530 login incorrect
