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Old 08-17-2004, 09:41 PM   #1
nadsab
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VSFTPD 2.0.1 on RH 8; problem connecting, can't resolve host...


Hi there,

I'm having a terrible time getting VSFTPD 2.0.1 running on a Red Hat 8 Linux box. I just installed it per the instructions at http://vsftpd.beasts.org. First of all does anyone know if VSFTPD 2.0.1 is compatible with Red hat 8?

Anyway, I am able to test start vsftpd from the command line by running: /usr/local/sbin/vsftpd & and then I can do a “ftp localhost” and connect via command line per the above install instructions...

code:

[root@www etc]# /usr/local/sbin/vsftpd &
[root@www etc]# ftp localhost
Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
220 Welcome to blah FTP service.
Name (localhost:root): ftp
331 Please specify the password.
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls -la
227 Entering Passive Mode (127,0,0,1,189,20)
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Aug 15 04:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Aug 15 04:20 ..
226 Directory send OK.
ftp>



..seems to work. But then when I try to connect via Cute FTP, I can't get either an SFTP or an FTP connection - I keep getting "can't resolve www.whateverdomainname.com " errors.

I ran a netstat -atuvp to see if there is an FTP service running with a process ID after running the above, there is, and it seems that I should be able to connect with my FTP software Cute FTP, but I can't connect using any users, even though I seem to have my vsftpd.users and vsftpd.user_list files in /etc set up OK.

I've tried setting listen=YES in vsftpd.conf and that doesn't work either.

Can anyone give me an idea as to what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks anyone.

Last edited by nadsab; 08-17-2004 at 09:52 PM.
 
Old 08-18-2004, 03:09 PM   #2
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This doesn't appear to be an ftp problem. It sounds like you are having DNS problems - try using the IP address of the ftp server.
 
Old 08-23-2004, 04:05 PM   #3
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Thanks David,

Yes I tried that, used the IP address and still had a problem. Do you know if VSFTPD 2.x is compatible with the 2.4 kernel? Could that be my problem?
 
Old 08-24-2004, 08:31 AM   #4
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Yes it will be compatible with a 2.4 kernel.

What error did you get when using the IP address because it ceertainly wouldn't have been "unable to resolve"
 
Old 08-29-2004, 09:03 PM   #5
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I'm having a problem where I can connect to my ftp on localhost (ie if I put localhost as the address) from any ftp program, but when I try to connect with the IP, even if I'm on the same localhost computer or a computer on the network I get this error with gftp:

Looking up 192.168.1.17
Trying moebius.workgroup:21
Connected to 192.168.1.17:21
Disconnecting from site 192.168.1.17
Waiting 30 seconds until trying to connect again

I've also tried a windows computer and same problem. It just give an error, just can't connect. here is my vsftpd.conf

Code:
#
# Example vsftpd config file
#
# See man 5 vsftpd.conf for more information.
#
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-ftp/vsftpd/files/vsftpd.conf,v 1.3 2004/07/18 03:56:09 dragonheart Exp $

#listen=YES
background=YES

# Allow anonymous FTP?
anonymous_enable=NO

# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES

# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES

# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
#local_umask=022

# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
#anon_upload_enable=YES

# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES

# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES

# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES

# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
# recommended!
#chown_uploads=YES
#chown_username=whoever

# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES

# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format
xferlog_std_format=YES

# You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown
# below.
xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd/vsftpd.log

# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
#idle_session_timeout=600

# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
#data_connection_timeout=120

# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
nopriv_user=samba

# Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
# however, may confuse older FTP clients.
#async_abor_enable=YES

# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
# Beware that turning on ascii_download_enable enables malicious remote parties
# to consume your I/O resources, by issuing the command "SIZE /big/file" in
# ASCII mode.
# These ASCII options are split into upload and download because you may wish
# to enable ASCII uploads (to prevent uploaded scripts etc. from breaking),
# without the DoS risk of SIZE and ASCII downloads. ASCII mangling should be
# on the client anyway..
#ascii_upload_enable=YES
#ascii_download_enable=YES

# You may fully customise the login banner string:
ftpd_banner="Welcome to Moes FTP"

# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.banned_emails

# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
# users to NOT chroot().
chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.chroot_list

chroot_local_user=YES

# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
#ls_recurse_enable=YES
What maybe its the same problem? What could cause this?
 
  


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