Hi Everyone ,

i am using redhat 9 , installed vsftp server

then, anonoymous =no

i am getting the login screen but i accnot able to login through

root and other username also ,anything has to be done apart from

that


here my vsftpd.conf file


Example config file /etc/vsftpd.conf

#
# Allow anonymous FTP?
anonymous_enable=NO
#
# 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

local_umask=022

#anon_upload_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES

connect_from_port_20=YES
# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format
xferlog_std_format=YES
You may fully customise the login banner string:
ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES

#enable for standalone mode
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES

my vsftpd.user_list file

vsftpd userlist
# If userlist_deny=NO, only allow users in this file
# If userlist_deny=YES (default), never allow users in this file, and
# do not even prompt for a password.
# Note that the default vsftpd pam config also checks /etc/vsftpd.ftpusers
# for users that are denied.

bin
daemon
adm
lp
sync
shutdown
halt
mail
news
uucp
operator
games
nobody

my vsftpd.ftpusers

# Users that are not allowed to login via ftp
root
bin
daemon
adm
lp
sync
shutdown
halt
mail
news
uucp
operator
games
nobody


Thanks & Regards
winxandlinx

You've already answered your question yourself. Take a good, hard look at that vsftpd.ftpusers file.

I will also add that it is a bad security practice to allow local users to log on to vsftpd (since their credentials are sent across the wire in plain text). To try to log on as root to vsftpd is insane.

yes thanks Actually i was really new to linux,

tell me how can i add only specified users to login

and that too as you told how can i add user apart from the local

users

Hello winxandlinx,

According to the directive 'userlist_enable=YES' in your conf: file, any users in the file 'vsftpd.user_list' are allowed login. But the file 'vsftpd.ftpusers' denies any users that has been added to it. You can see that both files have the same entries and so they get blocked. 'vsftpd.user_list' is checked first and if the user name exists there, then 'vsftpd.ftpusers' is checked. If the name exist here, then its denied. So if you want to add a user to the FTP user list, you just add them to 'vsftpd.user_list', but don't add them to 'vsftpd.ftpusers'. Restart FTP and enjoy...


Thanks,,,

Thanks vimal its very clear now