I just got through installing my redhat 8.0, during installation I chose medium for the security, and selected ftp, ssh, http. I enabled ftp, went in /etc/xinetd.d/vsftd and set the disable to=NO. Then I restarted xinetd service by typing /etc/initd.d/xinetd restart and restarted ok. Next step I made sure ftp was up by typing netstat -a | grep ftp, get listening. I also went in /etc/vsftd.conf and made sure local_enable=Yes & write_enable=yes. When I type ftp localhost, I am prompted for username type root, than password. I get an error 530 login incorrect. I even tried logging in and out, and have no problem logging in with the root id and password.


Now for internet, I provided the proxy address with port, i have done this quite a few time, any how internet won't work either. I can ping say www.yahoo.com, but can't go to the page. So my proxy settings are correct cause I can ping.

I am thinking that somewhere internal firewall is blocking all my access, can someone please shed some light on this issue.


Thanks in advance,
Pete

1. Probably ftp needs separate username descriptions (I've never used vsftp)
2. Pinging and browsing has nothing in common (different potocols ICMP vs. TCP). So it can be a matter of proxy settings.

I was able to figure it out, the root was blocked in a file called /etc/vsftpd.users and root was listed in it.

And what about passwords file? I think (but never use vsftp!) it should be different one (not /etc/shadow). So you'll need to create it.

root should never login in by ftp. ftp uses cleartext and if a system user logs in this DOES affect system security. you should run vsftpd with virtual users only.