FTP Server question....

Josh328 · 07-14-2004, 10:52 AM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=204784

Thanks,
JOsh

LanRx · 07-14-2004, 11:13 AM

What kind of auth mechanism are you using for FTP?

And remember that if you are using PAM, you will have to consider, potentially, all offered authentication mechanisms.

Josh328 · 07-14-2004, 12:09 PM

whatever installs with proftpd... haha.. excuse my ignorance.... i'm not sure how it is determined or how to change it..

Thanks for the reply..
JOsh

LanRx · 07-14-2004, 12:15 PM

Chances are good, that you're using some sort of PAM, which could be forced to wait for a timeout of sorts prior to authentication by the local files mechanism.

I would suggest checking your /etc/pam.d/system-auth file (location may vary) and look to see what kind of auth mechanism your device is using.

keefaz · 07-14-2004, 12:19 PM

The problem appears even from local host ? (ftp localhost)

XavierP · 07-14-2004, 12:19 PM

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Josh328 · 07-14-2004, 01:38 PM

sorry.. i wasn't aware of the rule... thank you...

i'm not sure if it has the problem ftping localhost... i'm not near the machine right now, so i couldn't say...

LanRx... proftpd is using system users... so how will changing this information effect other things with the system... what do i change it to etc...

josh

Josh328 · 07-14-2004, 01:48 PM

Code:

#%PAM-1.0

auth        required      pam_env.so
auth        sufficient    pam_unix.so likeauth nullok
auth        required      pam_deny.so

account     required      pam_unix.so

password    required      pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=2  dcredit=0  ucredit=0 
password    sufficient    pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow
password    required      pam_deny.so

session     required      pam_limits.so
session     required      pam_unix.so

LanRx · 07-14-2004, 01:55 PM

I think that what I would do, is kill ftpd, and restart it with an increased debug level. Then try to FTP to it, it should show you what your problem is with your authentication.

Josh328 · 07-14-2004, 02:01 PM

there is no "problem" really.. it's just really really slow... has no one else dealt with this?! it's the default install of proftpd with mdk10

LanRx · 07-14-2004, 02:08 PM

But, by running it in debug mode, you should be able to see if it is cycling waiting for something to timeout, or something of the sort.

Josh328 · 07-14-2004, 02:25 PM

oh.. i see.. i'm not sure how to do that...

LanRx · 07-14-2004, 02:35 PM

killall ftpd (or ps -ef |grep ftpd, and look for the pid to kill)
restart the daemon interactively ./ftpd -d 255 or possibly ./ftpd -ddd (the -d flags are normally the debug switches. usually the debug switch follows one of the aforementioned syntaxes)
when you log in, and you're waiting for the daemon to provide auth, watch the stdout, and see if there is anything timing out during authentication.