[CALUG] vsftpd

Keith pdragon at pdragon.net
Tue Jan 31 21:16:41 CST 2006


Hugh Brown wrote:
> On 1/24/06, Keith <pdragon at pdragon.net> wrote:
>   
>> Been working on getting my own webserver up and running and have been
>> trying to set up ftp access to upload files. Going with vsftpd and got
>> this going except for one significant problem. No matter what user I log
>> in as via the ftp, I get 550 permission denied errors when i try to
>> upload.
>>
>> I've set vsftpd to NOT allow anonymous login, only local user accounts.
>> I turned the "chroot_local_user" variable on so users are jailed into
>> their home directory. I've ensured the folders I have set for their home
>> directories are writable by the user (can do it fine on the local
>> machine).
>>
>> I've seen other people having the same problem and some mention setting
>> "anon_mkdir_write_enable" and "anon_upload_enable", even tho that is
>> just for anonymous account settings. I tried setting them to YES but am
>> still having the same problem. I've seen this problem posted all over
>> the web in google, but not a single response but what i previously just
>> said (and that was only one place).
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>     
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> I'd try looking in the system logs and the vsftp logs (if available).
>
> Hugh
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Thanks all. I just switched over to using proftpd instead. Seems easier 
to configure overall and it worked as expected right from the start.


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