Proftpd 530 Login Incorrect error besides correct password

imagineers7 · 06-17-2006, 07:43 AM

Hello Everyone,

Besides correct password, my proftpd is showing following error:-

USER shakti

331 Password required for shakti.
PASS xxxx
530 Login incorrect.
Disconnecting from site x.x.x.x

Help, Please,

Thanks in advance

imagineers7 · 06-17-2006, 07:56 AM

Hello everyone,

I tried it using ftp client and following is the output:-

[root@bramha ~]# ftp shakti
Connected to shakti.
220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (shakti) [shakti]
500 AUTH not understood
500 AUTH not understood
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (shakti:root): music
331 Password required for music.
Password:
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.

Help guys I am totally struck

routers · 06-18-2006, 03:00 AM

how long is your password

try add new user on shakti with password 6 chars only and test it if worked with this user mean you are using 3DES not MD5

FYI: old system use 3DES with not supported long chars pass

imagineers7 · 06-19-2006, 12:04 AM

Hi Routers,

Thanks for your reply, but id did not worked.

I will post my proftpd.conf:-

ServerName "SHAKTI"
ServerType inetd
DefaultServer on
Port 21
Umask 022
IdentLookups off
MaxInstances 30
User nobody
Group nobody
<Directory /*>
AllowOverwrite on
AllowStoreRestart on
AllowRetrieveRestart on
</Directory>

PersistentPasswd off
DefaultChdir /var/www webadmin

<Limit LOGIN>
AllowGroup ftpusers music
DenyAll
</Limit>

Thanks

routers · 06-19-2006, 12:15 AM

can u change user and group to ftp instead of nobody in proftpd.conf and restart proftpd

and try also

User nobody
Group nogroup

test it

also examin proftpd.log

imagineers7 · 06-19-2006, 12:32 AM

Ok Routers,

I will check and confirm

imagineers7 · 06-19-2006, 03:39 AM

Hi,

There is no such file for logs in /var/log/proftpd

I tried a no. of permutations and combinations and then thought lets install vsftpd which I am used to.

But, after configuring vsftpd the way I usually do and was on previous server. Still it is giving some problems to login as a local user. But, I think the problem may be regarding PAM as I found a line:-

PAM(music): Authentication failure.

So,
Any idea?

imagineers7 · 06-19-2006, 04:17 AM

Hello routers,

I found the solution.This problem was because of the login shell I had added to this user (It was ftponly ) which I had scpd from another server. I changed it to /sbin/nologin and also I had to open the port 21 and 20 (control and data port)

And voila, it worked

Thanks for your help

routers · 06-19-2006, 07:38 AM

finaly

im glad to hear that

can let me know what is port 20 u use for ?

longbow-core · 01-07-2008, 03:13 AM

20 port is used for data transfer