FTP problems with vsftp

chris24300 · 09-17-2009, 02:25 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to FTP to other machines on my network and I get

Code:

ftp: connect: No route to host

I have already added a username and password. I made sure FTP was listening with netstat

Code:

 #netstat -a | grep ftp
tcp        0      0 *:ftp                       *:*                         LISTEN

Since I couldn't FTP to another computer I tried to FTP myself but I get a login failed...

Code:

# ftp 10.10.10.X
Connected to 10.10.10.X.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (10.10.10.X:root): guest
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/guest
Login failed.

Is there some sort of firewall problem preventing me from connecting me to my other computers?

Why can't I FTP to myself?

Thanks,
Chris

repo · 09-17-2009, 02:36 PM

Quote:

ftp: connect: No route to host

Can you ping the server ?

Quote:

500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/guest

user guest does not exist on your system.
Login as an existing user or anonymous (if enabled in the conf)

MS3FGX · 09-17-2009, 02:37 PM

Well the first message you get indicates that your computer can't even establish a basic TCP/IP connection with the server. Are you able to ping the FTP server?

chris24300 · 09-17-2009, 02:59 PM

Yes, I can ping computer and i added the users n passwords with

Code:

useradd
passwd 'username'

Maybe I changed something in the config, i'll try modifying it again.

repo · 09-17-2009, 03:07 PM

Take a look at
http://vault.centos.org/4.4/docs/htm...ftpd-conf.html
to configure the ftp server.

chris24300 · 09-18-2009, 08:11 AM

I edited the config file and made the changes I wanted. I followed this http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/w...P_Server_Setup guide and I still am unable to login as a user i created. The user has to be created because when I enter a non existing user and pass I get login incorrect... I enable anonymous and now I can login..? Am I not adding users properly? Is there some firewall issues that might prevent me from loggin in? local_enable is set to YES.

Thanks,
Chris

repo · 09-18-2009, 09:51 AM

The users need to have a home directory.
What happens if you login as your user ?

saagar · 09-18-2009, 12:36 PM

chris, which distro u are using..? if its fedora or rhel5, try #setenforce 0
and try to ftp again. Also check iptables is preventing.

chris24300 · 09-25-2009, 08:31 AM

I created the users with useradd and if I try to add them again it says user already exists, I can see their home folders so they have login directories. I can FTP if I use anonymous user... I cannot FTP to another machine though, I still get no route to host. I've been looking over some iptables pages to allow FTP through port 20:21 but nothing has worked yet. How can I check if iptables is blocking FTP? Where do I try #setenforce? There is nothing of the sort in the config file.

Thanks,
Chris

saagar · 09-26-2009, 11:51 AM

chris,

For centos:

1.From command prompt type:
#setenforce 0
#service iptables stop
in your ftp server.

Now, try to find out if vsftpd is working. If it is working, then either selinux or iptables is preventing access to your ftp server.