I created 2 virtual users for ftp (vsftpd): bholu1 and bholu2 I wanted bholu1 to have write access, access to make directory and upload permission. For that I have set up the user bholu1 as below but still he isn't able to upload file or create a directory. ( I have followed this link to achieve this) See below: I have set per-user configurability for both user :bholu1 and bholu3 ravbholua@ravi:/etc/vsftpd_user_conf$ pwd /etc/vsftpd_user_conf ravbholua@ravi:/etc/vsftpd_user_conf$ cat bholu1 anon_world_readable_only=NO write_enable=YES anon_upload_enable=YES ravbholua@ravi:/etc/vsftpd_user_conf$ cat bholu3 anon_world_readable_only=NO ravbholua@ravi:/etc/vsftpd_user_conf$ Both are able to read the login directory. But as per the configuration for bholu1, he should be able to upload as well as create a new directory but he isn't able to do so. Please see below the conf. file: ravbholua@ravi:/etc$ cat vsftpd.conf pam_service_name=/etc/pam.d/vsftpd.virtual user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd_user_conf anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES #write_enable=NO #anon_upload_enable=NO #anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO #anon_other_write_enable=NO anon_world_readable_only=YES chroot_local_user=YES guest_enable=YES guest_username=virtual listen=YES listen_port=10021 pasv_min_port=30000 pasv_max_port=30999 ravbholua@ravi:/etc$ It doesn't make any difference even if I uncomments all lines which are commented as shown above in the config. file. Also have a look below to see what happens when bholu1 logs in ftp server: ravbholua@ravbholua-Aspire-5315:~$ ftp -p rs 10021 Connected to ravi.com. 220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2) Name (rs:ravbholua): bholu1 331 Please specify the password. Password: 230 Login successful. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> put soul.txt local: soul.txt remote: soul.txt 227 Entering Passive Mode (109,202,101,166,117,249). 553 Could not create file. ftp> mkdir a 550 Permission denied. ftp> May I request you to say what am I missing in my configuration.

I've looked at the related issues, but none of them have solved my issue. I'm trying to transfer files via FTP using curl to a server in my DMZ from an FTPS server on an EC2 server running vsftpd. $ curl ftps://ec2-myserver.compute.amazonaws.com --verbose --tlsv1.1 * Rebuilt URL to: ftps://ec2-myserver.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/ * Trying ip_addr... * TCP_NODELAY set * Connected to ec2-myserver.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com (ip_addr) port ---- (#0) * successfully set certificate verify locations: * CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CApath: /etc/ssl/certs * TLSv1.1 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1): * error:1408F10B:SSL routines:ssl3_get_record:wrong version number * Closing connection 0 I can get the file connection FTPS from Filezilla on a Windows server. I am getting the same error in every TLS version. I've tried enabling ssl3 on the vsfpd server, but it didn't solve it.

I am configuring with Ansible a VM running Ubuntu to run this FTP server: vsftpd, however after the installation when I inspect the logs with journalctl -u vsftpd.service I see:

Nov 20 17:49:58 my-vm systemd: Starting vsftpd FTP server...
Nov 20 17:49:58 my-vm systemd: Started vsftpd FTP server.
Nov 20 17:50:06 my-vm systemd: Stopping vsftpd FTP server...
Nov 20 17:50:06 my-vm systemd: Stopped vsftpd FTP server.
Nov 20 17:50:06 my-vm systemd: Starting vsftpd FTP server...
Nov 20 17:50:06 my-vm systemd: Started vsftpd FTP server.
Nov 20 17:50:06 my-vm systemd: vsftpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Nov 20 17:50:06 my-vm systemd: vsftpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

I am not sure what's wrong with the configuration I am setting at /etc/vsftpd.conf, this:

anonymous_enable=NO        # disable anonymous login
local_enable=YES           # permit local logins
write_enable=YES           # enable FTP commands which change the filesystem
local_umask=022            # value of umask for file creation for local users
dirmessage_enable=YES      # enable showing of messages when users first enter a new directory
xferlog_enable=YES         # a log file will be maintained detailing uploads and downloads
connect_from_port_20=YES   # use port 20 (ftp-data) on the server machine for PORT style connections
xferlog_std_format=YES     # keep standard log file format
listen=NO                  # prevent vsftpd from running in standalone mode
listen_ipv6=YES            # THIS DOES NOT FIX THE FOLLWING: 'journalctl -u vsftpd.service' gives: 'vsftpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT'
pam_service_name=vsftpd    # name of the PAM service vsftpd will use
userlist_enable=YES        # enable vsftpd to load a list of usernames
tcp_wrappers=YES           # turn on tcp wrappers
ls_recurse_enable=YES      # allow to recursively inspect the file system (no problem with heavy I/O)
chroot_local_user=YES      # local users limited to their home directories after login (chroot jail)
allow_writeable_chroot=YES # allow chroot jail for local users to be writable
pasv_enable=YES            # enable passive connections
pasv_min_port=10000        # passive connections port range
pasv_max_port=10100        # passive connections port range
ssl_enable=YES             # enable FTPS
ssl_tlsv1=YES              # only TLS (not old SSL standards)
ssl_sslv2=NO               # only TLS (not old SSL standards)
ssl_sslv3=NO               # only TLS (not old SSL standards)
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

- How can I make that FTP server daemon running without errors? - What's wrong with the configuration file?

I have Rapsberry Pi B+ with Arch Linux installation. uname reports version: [computer@computer001 ~]$ uname -a Linux computer001 3.18.3-3-ARCH #1 PREEMPT Mon Jan 26 20:10:28 MST 2015 armv6l GNU/Linux I've installed ftp server via pacman -S vsftpd and installation has passed without any errors. Then I tried to configure it, which resulted in following vsftpd.conf: anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES #local_umask=022 anon_upload_enable=NO anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES chown_uploads=YES chown_username=computer #xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log #xferlog_std_format=YES #idle_session_timeout=600 #data_connection_timeout=120 #nopriv_user=ftpsecure #async_abor_enable=YES #ascii_upload_enable=YES #ascii_download_enable=YES ftpd_banner=Welcome to personal ftp service. #deny_email_enable=YES #banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails #chroot_local_user=YES #chroot_list_enable=YES #chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list ls_recurse_enable=YES listen=YES #listen_ipv6=YES Now, when I try to restart vsftpd, I get: [computer@computer001 etc]$ sudo systemctl restart vsftpd.service && systemctl status -l vsftpd.service * vsftpd.service - vsftpd daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 1970-01-01 06:32:24 UTC; 112ms ago Process: 350 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vsftpd (code=exited, status=2) Main PID: 350 (code=exited, status=2) Here is also output of sudo journalctl | grep -i vsftp: Jan 01 06:32:24 computer001001 sudo: computer001 : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/etc ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl restart vsftpd.service Jan 01 06:32:24 computer001001 systemd: Starting vsftpd daemon... Jan 01 06:32:24 computer001001 systemd: Started vsftpd daemon. Jan 01 06:32:24 computer001001 systemd: vsftpd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT Jan 01 06:32:24 computer001001 systemd: Unit vsftpd.service entered failed state. Jan 01 06:32:24 computer001001 systemd: vsftpd.service failed. Here is unit script /usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service: [Unit] Description=vsftpd daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/vsftpd ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID KillMode=process [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target If I run sudo /usr/bin/vsftpd, I get following error: 500 OOPS: config file not owned by correct user, or not a file I have corrected file permissions for /etc/vsftpd.conf via sudo chown root:root /etc/vsftpd.conf and now manually server gets started. I am also aware date/time is not correct, I haven't setup it yet.What am I missing?

I have configured VSFTPD in a CentOS machine to run on two instances, with vsftpd.conf and vsftpd2.conf. Here is the content of the second conf file: anonymous_enable=NO chroot_list_enable=YES chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list chroot_local_user=YES connect_from_port_20=YES dirmessage_enable=YES force_local_data_ssl=YES force_local_logins_ssl=YES ftpd_banner=Hello. listen=YES listen_port=30 local_enable=YES local_umask=022 pam_service_name=vsftpd pasv_enable=YES pasv_address=192.168.100.162 pasv_max_port=389 pasv_min_port=389 rsa_cert_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.pem ssl_enable=YES ssl_sslv2=NO ssl_sslv3=NO ssl_tlsv1=YES ssl_ciphers=HIGH user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/user_conf userlist_enable=NO write_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog2 xferlog_std_format=NO dual_log_enable=YES log_ftp_protocol=YES The first conf file is identical excepting the xferlog file, the listen_port that is missing, and the pasv_max_port/pasv_min_port that are 65000/60000 So I have one FTPS working on port 21 and the other on port 30. Both are working fine, but I want to make sure that 389 is really being used. So, I started a session with Wireshark, where I could see all my TCP packets to port 30, but no one to 389. Instead, I see packets to my remote server on port 49276. How can I make sure that this is working fine?

I know this question is posted many times on StackExchange, but none of the solutions worked for me. I use vsftpd server on ubuntu and I want to restrict the access (read-only) for a user to a given subdirectory only. Most of the solutions I found said that changing the home-directory of a user does the job: usermod -d /home/subdirectory with previously setting in /etc/vsftpd.conf: local_enable = YES chroot_local_user=YES chroot_list_enable=YES chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list and add the username to /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list. Anyway, this works fine if I use a browser. It directs me to the given home directory and I cannot access its parents. The problem is when I use FileZilla. I connect directly to the home directory but I can also see and access the parent directories (and files within). I also tried some other solutions using sftp with editing the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config and using internal-sftp, but also doesn't work.

By default, vsftpd logs to /var/log/vsftpd.log. stdout stays empty when started in foreground and I would like to utilize it so that it is easier. I don't really need to store the logs either. Help?

I have a user on my server (Debian) that I will be using for FTP. For a given directory on the file system, he is able to create directories/create files.

myuser@debian-server:/storage$ su ftp_accesser
Password: 
ftp_accesser@debian-server:/storage$ echo "foobar" > foobar.txt
ftp_accesser@debian-server:/storage$ mkdir -v foobar2
mkdir: created directory 'foobar2'
ftp_accesser@debian-server:/storage$ ls -l
total 448380
drwxr-xr-x 2 root         root              4096 Mar 25 19:32 other_dir
drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp_accesser ftp_accesser      4096 Apr  9 11:32 foobar2
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp_accesser ftp_accesser       7 Apr  9 11:31 foobar.txt

ftp_accesser@debian-server:/storage$

I am also running the vsftpd server on this server. I attempt to do the same thing as above (with the files removed, of course) using the ftp client.

Connected to localhost.
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.3)
Name (localhost:myuser): ftp_accesser
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd /storage
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> mkdir foobar3
550 Permission denied.
ftp> put /home/myuser/foobar.txt foobar.txt
local: /home/myuser/foobar.txt remote: foobar.txt
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
550 Permission denied.
ftp>

Is there a way to allow ftp_accesser to put/mkdir files onto the server?

I can not restart the vsftpd. [root@localhost vsftpd]# service vsftpd restart Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart vsftpd.service Job for vsftpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status vsftpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. --- I use the systemctl status vsftpd -l to check: [root@localhost ~]# systemctl status vsftpd -l ● vsftpd.service - Vsftpd ftp daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2017-06-18 17:14:15 CST; 2h 49min ago Process: 33103 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Jun 18 17:14:12 localhost.localdomain systemd: Starting Vsftpd ftp daemon... Jun 18 17:14:15 localhost.localdomain systemd: vsftpd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Jun 18 17:14:15 localhost.localdomain systemd: Failed to start Vsftpd ftp daemon. Jun 18 17:14:15 localhost.localdomain systemd: Unit vsftpd.service entered failed state. Jun 18 17:14:15 localhost.localdomain systemd: vsftpd.service failed. ---- And be attention, in my /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf, I have changed the : listen=YES listen_ipv6=NO ---- I use the journalctl -xe, I get the below information: [root@localhost vsftpd]# journalctl -xe (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-p (pkla-check-authorization: ' Jun 18 20:09:46 localhost.localdomain polkitd: Error evaluating authoriza

I'm using Mint Linux 22.1 and vsftpd on the destination computer and Windows 11 (latest version) as the source computer. I have the following permissions. In my home directory I have a symlink to a mounted NTFS drive: The permissions to the mounted NTFS drive's directories are: I have added FACL permissions to each directory making todd an owner of each directory (also did a chown from root to todd in a separate, unsuccessful attempt). **Upon further investigation it appears the setfacl didn't actually do anything (apparently due to the file system being NTFS). So, now the question becomes why didn't the chown where I set my user account as owner solve the problem?** I have set write_enable=YES in the /etc/vsftpd.conf file When I try accessing the symlink using Windows 11's file explorer: ftp://todd@192.168.40.77/NTFS2TB/backups/ I can see files and directories within the NTFS2TB directory, but I cannot upload any files into it. What do I need to do to enable uploading files to the Linux computer's backups directory from Windows 11? EDIT: Showing the filesystem of NTFS2TB is NTFS EDIT 2: The vsftpd.log file entry for an attempt to upload is as follows: Sat Apr 26 16:33:42 2025 [pid 6734] CONNECT: Client "::ffff:192.168.40.161" Sat Apr 26 16:33:42 2025 [pid 6733] [todd] OK LOGIN: Client "::ffff:192.168.40.161" Sat Apr 26 16:33:42 2025 [pid 6736] [todd] FAIL DELETE: Client "::ffff:192.168.40.161", "/media/todd/NTFS_PARTITION_2TB/backups/DumpStack.log" EDIT 3: I converted the drive from NTFS to EXT4 and it works now! Thanks everyone.

I have a minimal install of Centos in VirtualBox. I want to run a ftp service to share files between the host and my VM, and then learn about ftp servers. I installed vsftpd and changed the vsftpd.conf file as bellow: anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES local_umask=O22 dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port 2O=YES xferlog_std format=YES chroot_local_user=YES listen_ipv6=YES pam_service_name=vsftpd userlist_enable=YES tcp_wrappers=YES But, when I type service vsftpd start I get the following error: > _Job for vsftpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status vsftpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details._ Is this issue happening due of a wrong config as showed above, or is it something else? What can I do to start my ftp server? **EDIT** Output of systemctl status -l vsftpd.service [user@localhost vsftpd]$ systemctl status -l vsftpd.service vsftpd.service - Vsftpd ftp daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service, disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Ter 2017-05-09 21:03:19 -03; 3min 2s ago Process: 3047 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf (code=exited status=2) Mai 09 21:03:19 localhost.localdomain systemd: Starting Vsftpd ftp daemon... Mai 09 21:03:19 localhost.localdomain systemd: vsftpd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=2 Mai 09 21:03:19 localhost.localdomain systemd: Failed to start Vsftpd ftp daemon. Mai 09 21:03:19 localhost.localdomain systemd: Unit vsftpd.service entered failed state. Mai 09 21:03:19 localhost.localdomain systemd: vsftpd.service failed. [user@localhost vsftpd]$

I need to set up a FTP server within my Ubuntu virtual box but I'm having problems within configuration of the config file within VSFTPD From online tutorials I keep seeing different options being selected and different reasoning, I just need a simple and secure configuration without enable settings I do not understand. So far I have selected to use the following options within **/etc/vsftpd.conf**

Listen=NO
Anonymous_enable=NO
Local_enable=YES
wrtite_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
ftpd_banner=Welcome to Toms FTP Server.
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

From my understanding these options do the following: * listen enables standalone, * anonymous denies non verified login, * write_enable allows to write files, * dirmessage_enable is directory explaining, * use_localtime is the time used for dating files, * connect_from_port_20 is self explanatory, * xferlog_enable is a log creation/format type?, * ftpd_banner is self explanatory, * chroot_local_user specifies users are restricted to their directory, users not restricted to their directory are listed within chroot_list_file. The problem I am having is, I keep seeing references in tutorials regarding a userlist which will state which users do have access like this:

user_sub_token=$USER
local_root=/home/$USER/ftp
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.userlist
userlist_deny=NO

This does not exist in my file and whenever I try to enter it manually it causes my VSFTPD to fail start up when restarting, I see this in almost every tutorial but it is not contained within my configuration files??? Am I trying to configure this wrong? What is the minimum requirements for a safe VSFTPD configuration? Is this user list no-longer supported? Do I even need this user list? error code also does not disappear removing these files and restarting again, it completely breaks the service and requires a re installation every single time, the error code is as follows:

systemctl status vsftpd.service

● vsftpd.service - vsftpd FTP server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2020-04-26 13:58:09 UTC; 14min ago
  Process: 30588 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd.conf (code=exited, status=2)
  Process: 30584 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/vsftpd/empty (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 30588 (code=exited, status=2)

Apr 26 13:58:09 ubuntu systemd: Starting vsftpd FTP server...
Apr 26 13:58:09 ubuntu systemd: Started vsftpd FTP server.
Apr 26 13:58:09 ubuntu systemd: vsftpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Apr 26 13:58:09 ubuntu systemd: vsftpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

I recently setup an Arch Linux server running an FTPS vsftpd server, I am more or less new to this field, especially with this program so I'm sorry if I may come off as ignorant
My issue is that I cannot log into my vsftpd server, no matter what user I am in. This problem persists even if I set the server into anonymous login mode, it establishes a TLS connection but does FireZilla blames '530 Login Incorrect' and WinSCP tells me 'Access Denied'
I have hit a roadblock on what to do, here is what i've tried to do - set pam_service_module from vsftpd to ftp - disabled chroot_local_user - disabled check_shell - made a new user and added it as both a sudoer and the ftp group - checked over god knows many times my login details and even tried anon login - remade /home directories for my users - added a chroot list with my users in the file here are the contents of my vsftpd.conf file :

ssl_enable

rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem

ssl_tlsv1=YES
ssl_sslv2=NO
ssl_sslv3=NO
require_ssl_reuse=NO
ssl_ciphers=HIGH

force_local_logins_ssl=YES
force_local_data_ssl=YES

pasv_enable=YES
pasv_min_port=40000
pasv_max_port=50000
listen_port=990

local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

xferlog_enable=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES
xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log

anonymous_enable=NO
pam_service_name=ftp
check_shell=NO

ANY help is appreciated, thank you

The directories and the access setting is like below. /home/directoroy1 rwxr-xr-x 4 user1 user1 4096 /home rwxrwxr-x 5 root root 4096 And in vsftpd.conf, I set like below. chroot_local_user=YES allow_writeable_chroot=YES And then restart vsftpd as below. systemctl restart vsftpd However whenever I test with Filezilla with the ID user1, firstly it goes to it's designated directory /home/directory1, but I can still see .. and able to click it to see upper directory. I can even go see every other directory including root directory, with user1. Where did I do wrong?

I want to use a vsftp-Server in my Docker Swarm but having some network issues. I have the following compose-file: services: vsftpd: container_name: vsftpd image: million12/vsftpd restart: always volumes: - /whatever:/var/ftp/:ro environment: - ANONYMOUS_ACCESS=true - LOG_STDOUT=true - CUSTOM_PASSIVE_ADDRESS="" ports: - 20-21:20-21 - 21100-21110:21100-21110 #network_mode: "host" If i run this compose file with docker compose and network mode "host" then i can easily connect to it. If i run it without network mode "host" i have the following output: Status: Angemeldet Status: Empfange Verzeichnisinhalt... Befehl: PWD Antwort: 257 "/" is the current directory Befehl: TYPE I Antwort: 200 Switching to Binary mode. Befehl: PASV Antwort: 500 OOPS: invalid pasv_address Befehl: PORT 10,10,10,102,10,187 Fehler: Verbindung vom Server geschlossen I can see the login in the output of the vsftp-Server: vsftpd | [VSFTPD 16:46:41] VSFTPD daemon starting vsftpd | Tue Nov 19 16:46:45 2024 [pid 33] CONNECT: Client "" vsftpd | Tue Nov 19 16:46:45 2024 [pid 32] [ftp] OK LOGIN: Client "", anon password "anonymous@example.com" I have the same results if i run it on swarm. It seems like im having issues with the "passive ports" and the docker network. Unfortunately there is no "network_mode: host" in swarm (even if i pin the service to a host) Is there a possibility to run vsftpd in passive Mode in Swarm like Compose with Network-Mode ? Or are there other ways to bring up a *working* ftp-Server in Swarm?

I've been trying to set up VSFTPD on Centos 6.6 to allow virtual users. Below is my vsftpd.conf, which is configured to allow only virtual users in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd-virtual-user.db. listen=YES local_umask=002 anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES virtual_use_local_privs=YES write_enable=YES pam_service_name=vsftpd_virtual guest_enable=YES local_root=/var/sites chroot_local_user=YES hide_ids=YES connect_from_port_20=YES pasv_enable=YES pasv_addr_resolve=YES pasv_address=10.175.9.23 pasv_min_port=1024 pasv_max_port=65535 I have also set up the vsftpd_virtual module in /etc/pam.d/vsftpd_virtual which contains the following: #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_userdb.so db=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd-virtual-user account required pam_userdb.so db=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd-virtual-user session required pam_loginuid.so When trying to log in to FTP on localhost, I'm getting a 530 error from FTP and the following line in /var/log/secure: vsftpd: pam_userdb(vsftpd_virtual:auth): user_lookup: could not open database `/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd-virtual-user': Permission denied The file permissions for the database file seem fine, but I may be wrong: Access: (0777/-rwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)

Is there a way to provide vsftpd with CRL? The man page does not seem to have any option for the same and neither googling helped. Appreciate response.

I am attempting to configure vsftp to use PAM to authenticate virtual users on my Arch server. It seems so straight forward, I must be missing something simple. ### Configuration + local user virtualftp in group virtualftp + folders /srv/ftp and /srv/ftp/test1 owned by virtualftp:virtualftp + PAM user test1 with password test1p in /etc/vsftpd_login.db #### /etc/pam.d/vsftpd auth required pam_userdb.so db=/etc/vsftpd_login crypt=hash account required pam_userdb.so db=/etc/vsftpd_login crypt=hash session required pam_loginuid.so #### /etc/vsftp.conf anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES local_umask=022 dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES ftpd_banner=Welcome to MCID's FTP server. chroot_local_user=YES chroot_list_enable=YES chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list listen=YES # nopriv_user=virtualftp # SSL Configuration # ssl_enable=YES # allow_anon_ssl=NO # force_local_data_ssl=NO # force_local_logins_ssl=YES # ssl_tlsv1=YES # ssl_sslv2=YES # ssl_sslv3=YES # rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem # rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem # Passive Port Range pasv_min_port=49152 pasv_max_port=65534 # Added settings for PAM virtualftp logins pam_service_name=vsftpd guest_enable=YES guest_username=virtualftp virtual_use_local_privs=YES # Private folders for virtual users local_root=/srv/ftp/$USER user_sub_token=$USER Currently I can login with sftp://theherk@sftp.example.com (my local user) just fine. However, if I attempt to login with test1, I get "permission denied". What am I missing or confused about?

I'm unable to start the vsftpd.service. Here's the error I get when I try to start it

Job for vsftpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status vsftpd.service" and "journalctl -xeu vsftpd.service" for details.

This is the result of running

-xeu vsftpd.service

Jun 04 18:30:30 centos2 systemd: Failed to start Vsftpd ftp daemon.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit vsftpd.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://access.redhat.com/support 
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit vsftpd.service has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 9077 and the job result is failed.

This is what I get when I run

systemctl status vsftpd.service

× vsftpd.service - Vsftpd ftp daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2024-06-04 18:33:30 EDT; 4min 22s ago
    Process: 49019 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 1ms

Jun 04 18:33:27 centos2 systemd: Starting Vsftpd ftp daemon...
Jun 04 18:33:30 centos2 systemd: vsftpd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 04 18:33:30 centos2 systemd: vsftpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 04 18:33:30 centos2 systemd: Failed to start Vsftpd ftp daemon.

I have visited numerous forums and modified

/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

in several ways to no avail. Here is the current status of

/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

without the commented out lines

anonymous_enable=YES
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
anon_upload_enable=YES
anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
chown_uploads=YES
chown_username=fdin
xferlog_std_format=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
listen=YES

pam_service_name=ftpd
userlist_enable=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES

Here is the result of doing

ss -tlpn | grep :21

LISTEN 0      32                 *:21              *:*    users:(("vsftpd",pid=47793,fd=3))

I configure vsftpd for passive mode listen=YES log_ftp_protocol=YES pasv_enable=YES pasv_address=192.168.0.2 pasv_min_port=10090 pasv_max_port=10100 It works but use random ports! Look output of ss during transfer tcp ESTAB 0 0 192.168.0.2:33150 192.168.0.2:21 users:(("ncftp",pid=14411,fd=4)) timer:(keepalive,119min,0) uid:1000 ino:236010 sk:400b cgroup:unreachable:1 tcp ESTAB 0 0 192.168.0.2:44985 192.168.0.2:20 users:(("ncftp",pid=14411,fd=7)) timer:(keepalive,119min,0) uid:1000 ino:246607 sk:4011 cgroup:unreachable:1 this is ok..without firewall, with firewall and redirect port for nat is a serious problem Why vsftpd use random ports? I have tried listen_ipv6=NO and disable pasv_address option. But nothing This is the complete configuration, actually anonymous_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=NO dirmessage_enable=YES ftpd_banner=Welcome listen=YES listen_ipv6=NO local_umask=022 log_ftp_protocol=YES ls_recurse_enable=YES pasv_address=192.168.0.2 pasv_enable=YES pasv_max_port=10100 pasv_min_port=10090 seccomp_sandbox=NO xferlog_enable=YES xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log xferlog_std_format=YES I have tried it on Slackware 15 and Debian 12 This is an example: ncftp works but don't respect the passive port range ftp works, but don't respect the passive port range ftp -p 192.168.0.2 Connected to 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2). 220 Welcome Name (192.168.0.2:me): anonymous 331 Please specify the password. Password: 230 Login successful. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd pub 250 Directory successfully changed. ftp> get 4.mkv local: 4.mkv remote: 4.mkv 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,0,2,39,112). 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 4.mkv (12904291 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 12904291 bytes received in 0,0272 secs (473899,78 Kbytes/sec)