Problem in setting ftp on CentOS 4.6

vikram8jp · 10-16-2008, 12:38 AM

Hello all,
I just started with CentOS and Linux two days ago. I need to setup a ftp host on my server. I have read the Wikis HowTos about vsftpd. I installed the package vsftpd. I am done editing vsftpd.conf file. I started the vsftpd service on boot. But still my FTP client(FFFTP) does not connect to my server (in PASV mode), when I provide with the host IP address. Can anybody help me out?

I did all this from root. Has there got to be some setting made from the account <username> I am writing in user_list file, eg. "vikram" in this case. It is a VNC account name.

Here's my vsftpd.conf content

Code:

# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
use_localtime=YES
listen_port=21
listen_address=192.168.1.12
background=YES
ftpd_banner=Welcome to Test FTP Server
check_shell=NO
anonymous_enable=NO
no_anon_password=NO
guest_enable=NO
ascii_download_enable=YES
ascii_upload_enable=YES
chmod_enable=YES
local_root=/var/ftp/html
local_umask=022
chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/csftpd/vsftpd.chroot_list
pam_service_name=vsftpd
connect_from_port_20=NO
ftp_data_port=20
dirlist_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
message_file=.message
download_enable=YES
force_dot_files=YES
hide_ids=YES
local_enable=YES
ls_recurse_enable=NO
pasv_enable=YES
pasv_min_port=33201
pasv_max_port=33210
setproctitle_enable=YES
userlist_deny=NO
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.user_list
write_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES
data_connection_timeout=300
idle_session_timeout=600
accept_timeout=60
file_open_mode=0460
max_clients=5
max_per_ip=2

Here is my /etc/vsftpd/user_list file.

Code:

vikram

Thanks for any help
Vik

Disillusionist · 10-16-2008, 01:51 AM

Are you running a firewall on this machine?

vikram8jp · 10-16-2008, 02:35 AM

Hey there

I checked in my System Settings > Security Level. Firewall is there but only on HTTP. not on FTP.

Disillusionist · 10-16-2008, 01:36 PM

Do you mean that only HTTP is selected as a trusted service?

If so, you need to add FTP to the list of trusted services and apply changes.

DotHQ · 10-16-2008, 01:56 PM

If you use putty/ssh to get to the server you might try an FTP alternative called WinSCP It's available for free to download and secure ....and much like FTP only everything is encrypted.

arashi256 · 10-16-2008, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vikram8jp

Hello all,
I just started with CentOS and Linux two days ago. I need to setup a ftp host on my server. I have read the Wikis HowTos about vsftpd. I installed the package vsftpd. I am done editing vsftpd.conf file. I started the vsftpd service on boot. But still my FTP client(FFFTP) does not connect to my server (in PASV mode), when I provide with the host IP address. Can anybody help me out?

I did all this from root. Has there got to be some setting made from the account <username> I am writing in user_list file, eg. "vikram" in this case. It is a VNC account name.

Here's my vsftpd.conf content

Code:

# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
use_localtime=YES
listen_port=21
listen_address=192.168.1.12
background=YES
ftpd_banner=Welcome to Test FTP Server
check_shell=NO
anonymous_enable=NO
no_anon_password=NO
guest_enable=NO
ascii_download_enable=YES
ascii_upload_enable=YES
chmod_enable=YES
local_root=/var/ftp/html
local_umask=022
chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/csftpd/vsftpd.chroot_list
pam_service_name=vsftpd
connect_from_port_20=NO
ftp_data_port=20
dirlist_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
message_file=.message
download_enable=YES
force_dot_files=YES
hide_ids=YES
local_enable=YES
ls_recurse_enable=NO
pasv_enable=YES
pasv_min_port=33201
pasv_max_port=33210
setproctitle_enable=YES
userlist_deny=NO
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.user_list
write_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES
data_connection_timeout=300
idle_session_timeout=600
accept_timeout=60
file_open_mode=0460
max_clients=5
max_per_ip=2

Here is my /etc/vsftpd/user_list file.

Code:

vikram

Thanks for any help
Vik

I've done this just fine on a Fedora 9 distro, which is essentially a RedHat-based system (we use all favours at work), so I can probably fix this if you've not already. Problem is, I'm drunk right now - PM me tomorrow if you're still stuck.

vikram8jp · 10-16-2008, 09:37 PM

Thanks a lot all of u. Thanks for your time. I have solved this problem now. The problem was the port 20 and 21 were not open in the iptables.
I opened the ports and it worked.

Regards
Vik