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Hello all.. I've searched the forums for a soulution to this problem. There were a few threads but none that I could find that worked for me.
I can successfully ftp from a windows box to my linux box (running FC4 and vsftpd). I login with my own user name, and I get placed in my home directory.
When I try to "put" a file, any file, I get the following error:
553 Could not create file
I have chmod 777 to my directory for testing.
I have turned off firewall.
I have disabled selinux.
I have been over and over my vsftpd.conf, which is pasted below.
I cannot get this to work and it's driving me crazy. Any suggestions are greatly apprecieated and a solution will get ya a beer!
# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
#
# The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
# Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
#
# READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
# Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
# capabilities.
#
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
#
[root@vhatomlinux vsftpd]# more vsftpd.conf
# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
#
# The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
# Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
#
# READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
# Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
# capabilities.
#
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
#
# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
#anon_upload_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
#
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
#
# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
# recommended!
#chown_uploads=YES
#chown_username=whoever
#
# You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown
# below.
#xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
#
# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format
xferlog_std_format=YES
#
# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
#idle_session_timeout=600
#
# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
#data_connection_timeout=120
#
# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
#nopriv_user=ftpsecure
#
# Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
# however, may confuse older FTP clients.
#async_abor_enable=YES
#
# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
# Beware that turning on ascii_download_enable enables malicious remote parties
# to consume your I/O resources, by issuing the command "SIZE /big/file" in
# ASCII mode.
# These ASCII options are split into upload and download because you may wish
# to enable ASCII uploads (to prevent uploaded scripts etc. from breaking),
# without the DoS risk of SIZE and ASCII downloads. ASCII mangling should be
# on the client anyway..
ascii_upload_enable=YES
ascii_download_enable=YES
#
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
#
# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/banned_emails
#
# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
# users to NOT chroot().
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
#
# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
#ls_recurse_enable=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
#enable for standalone mode
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
Thanks for the hint! I need to just sit down and experiment more with the selinux app and figure out exactly what is is doing. I re-enabled it after I ftp'd what I needed, but hate to think I need to reboot each time I change a setting for it to take effect.
Thanks for the hint! I need to just sit down and experiment more with the selinux app and figure out exactly what is is doing. I re-enabled it after I ftp'd what I needed, but hate to think I need to reboot each time I change a setting for it to take effect.
You just run the command
setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1
This commands makes selinux to allow ftp. Selinux is not disabled.
It's not recommended to disable Selinux
I tried disabling the SELinux, but am still getting the same error "553 Could not create file."... this thing is driving me crazy... any other ideas? here is my vsftpd.conf file
#=========================================
# Base Configuration
#=========================================
# Uncomment to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
anon_upload_enable=YES
# Allow anonymous FTP?
anonymous_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
listen=YES
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
local_umask=002
anon_umask=002
anon_root=/var/ftp
pam_service_name=vsftpd
tcp_wrappers=YES
userlist_enable=YES
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
ftpd_banner=Welcome to the ftp service on FTPNY
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
# (Needed even if you want local users to be able to upload files)
write_enable=YES
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES
I had a slightly different issue that may interest new Linux users like myself. I wasn't entering a destination folder/filename for the remote system, so it was trying to copy to a folder that did not exist on the remote system.
put /var/www/<tarfile> did not work.
put /var/www/<tarfile> /ftp/<tarfile> did work.
Probably a rookie mistake, but what can ya do?
Last edited by jhd1013; 11-14-2009 at 03:00 PM.
Reason: Incorrect statement.
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