VSFTPD -- 530 Login Incorrect

[dotCOM]

I've seen a few topics about this but unfortunately, the stuff listed there doesn't seem to work for me.

I setup VSFTPD.conf as follows:

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=NO
anon_upload_enable=NO
anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO
anon_other_write_enable=NO
chroot_local_user=YES
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_deny=YES
listen=YES
listen_port=21
pasv_min_port=30000
pasv_max_port=30999

I saved it to /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf as instructed previously and I, and people outside of my local network, can ftp to my server and get to the login section but when they type in the username and password, it doesn't work.

I followed the instructions completely here: http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/l...ftp-server.htm and the "530 Login Incorrect" is still coming.

If anyone can offer any suggestions, please do... I really want to get this working. If you need more information, please ask as I check the forums daily.

Thanks for any help!

[strikeforce]

I know vsftpd is standard but I could never get it to work. I got proftp to work straight away.

[dotCOM]

I'll have to look for that when I get home from work. I tried setting that thing up for so long and it keeps giving me that error message...

Thanks for telling me about proftp I'll definately try it out

[angelacb]

This thread may solve your issue with "Login incorrect" error when you're sure your username and password are correct.
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=48131

[dotCOM]

Thank you so much!! I finally got it working! The next question is ... How do I add a virtual drive to the FTP? I have the home directory as /ftp but I have an NTFS partition that I want people to be able to access.

Can you offer any assistance with that?

[angelacb]

Not sure what you mean by virtual drive. If you want a partition to be able to accessed by users, they have to have permissions to change into such directory path, and etc...

I've never tried the NTFS support for Linux, but assuming it works, you just have to configure your vsftpd.conf and user accounts properly for them to access the directories/files resides in your NTFS partition (wherever you've mounted it).

[dotCOM]

I got the NTFS driver to work and I can see both of my hard drives ....

with my FTP setup, I have /FTP as the default, "HOME", directory. When a user logs in, that's what they see ..... What I'm trying to do is this ....

When the user logs in, I want them to be able to see my D & F drives (/mnt/NewSaveF/ and /mnt/OldSaveD/) and access them to download stuff but I just don't know how to set it up ...

Any ideas?

Thanks again for all your help!

[angelacb]

Hi,

So you wanted something like a virtual file system configuration, one that every user login to the same set of paths etc...(ie. those zdnet or Linux kernel/distro ftp mirrors with /pub, /iso, /current, bleh...) or similar setups? If so, vsftpd's readme files & online docs have pretty good examples on how to accomplish that.

For having users access the same sets of folders, you can try things like either having them homed at the same paths, or possibly "mount --bind /src /dest" to have every user see the same accessible paths even within vsftpd's chrooted environment. Then you would need to setup your permissions properly so that users will have sufficient permissions to access the data.

More information at: http://www.vsftpdrocks.org/faq/

Regards.