Have installed pure-ftpd on a Fedora C5.
Start the server with this command /usr/sbin/pure-config.pl /usr/etc/pure-ftpd.conf

/usr/sbin/pure-ftpd -A -b -c100 -B -C100 -d -z -E -fftp -H -I15 -lmysql:/etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd-mysql.conf -L2000:8 -m4 -p10000:19999 -s -S127.0.0.1,8686 -U077:077 -u100 -r -i -k99

When I try to connect (ftp localhost 8686), I get the following message:

Connected to localhost.
220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------
220-You are user number 1 of 100 allowed.
220-Local time is now 15:43. Server port: 8686.
220-This is a private system - No anonymous login
220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server.
220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity.
500 This security scheme is not implemented
500 This security scheme is not implemented
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (localhost:root): ftpuser
331 User ftpuser OK. Password required
Password:
530 Login authentication failed
Login failed.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>

What can be the reason of this error...?

Are you using an anonymous login account? Does ftpuser actually have a password on the system?

No, no anonymous login are allowed.

So does this ftpuser have a password? More info always gets better replies so we don't have to guess..

Sure I'm willing to give more info.

But this info was in my first post, not?

I did check the DB where everything is updated : username,password as directory.
So I'm no sure what more I can tell?

I have the same problem on a gentoo box...
Any thought?

i solved the problem here
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p...8.html#5264758

I had the same problem with pure-ftpd-1.0.21 on ASPLinux

You should try the following:
1) Recompile your pure-ftpd

# ./configure --with-everything
# make
# make install

2) Show your database /etc/pureftpd.pdb to pure-ftpd

# /usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd -j -lpuredb:/etc/pureftpd.pdb

For more details see http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pur....Virtual-Users

------------------------ ENABLING VIRTUAL USERS ------------------------


Of course, to use virtual users, you have to enable their support in the FTP
server itself. At compile-time, this is done by giving --with-puredb to
./configure (--with-everything also enables it and binary packages have it
compiled in) .

Then, add this switch to your usual pure-ftpd switches:

-l puredb:/path/to/puredb_file

If long options are enabled, you can also use --login instead of -l .

Let's run the server with automatic creation of home directories and puredb
authentication:

/usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd -j -lpuredb:/etc/pureftpd.pdb &

Try to 'ftp localhost' and log in as joe.