Install vsftpd

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June 25th, 2012, 09:56 AM

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Install vsftpd

I recently installed vsftpd on a Centos 6.2 server.

When attempting to access it via filezilla, I get 530 Permission denied.

I've disabled the firewall and selinux.

I've uncommented chroot_list_enable=YES in vsftpd.conf

I've tried normal users and root. I've added the normal user to the ftp group

What is a good approach to troubleshoot?

Thank you

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June 25th, 2012, 10:45 AM

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Don't know what I did, but got it working. I really need to better understand Linux!

June 25th, 2012, 01:06 PM

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Still need of some help.

The only way I can get vsftpd to work is disable the firewall.

/etc/init.d/iptables stop

June 25th, 2012, 03:31 PM

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Rather than disable the firewall, have you checked iptables to see if port 22 (or whatever port you're using) is open ? You'll be looking for a line similar to:

Code:

-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

Remember and restart iptables after any changes.

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June 25th, 2012, 10:02 PM

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thanks, I'll give that a try.

I am totally new to this, but found the following with appears to be good. If there is a better tutorial, please let me know.

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Network/IPTables

June 26th, 2012, 02:12 AM

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Fedora has a tool named setup you can run from a command line to run a network and firewall configuration setup tool.

If your computer has a gui the gui firewall configuration is easier to use than directly manipulating iptables.

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