vsftpd Server Problem

BuhRock · 05-25-2013, 06:16 PM

I'm running ubuntu.

In my vsftpd.conf file, I enable the following because I don't want users to read outside their home directory...

Code:

chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

I configured that list with users I wanted to chroot.

I also have this which is weird.

If I leave this line in, then it give me the econnrefused. If I take it out, I get this error, "500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()".

Code:

allow_writeable_chroot=YES

When I do that, I get an error message on filezilla when trying to connect:

Code:

Connection attempt failed with "ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server".

Does anyone know why it wouldn't allow me to connect just because I enabled that line?

Z038 · 05-25-2013, 08:47 PM

What version of vsftp are you running? I believe the allow_writable_chroot option is available at version 3.0.0 and higher. The econnrefused may mean that your vsftpd server isn't running. Check your logs and see if it failed.

If you're running a vsftp version older than 3.0.0, you will need to make the user's chroot root non-writable.

Post #2 in this thread create a public directory for chroot ftp users may be useful to you as well.

BuhRock · 05-25-2013, 11:36 PM

I got it to work. I was running version 2.3.5.

I did this though http://blog.thefrontiergroup.com.au/...rs-work-again/

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thefrontiergroup/vsftpd
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vsftpd