OVH Seedbox & Fedora

[naq]

I have no clue about that cryptic error. I have ssl working fine on my server, the difference is I'm login as a normal local user without setting up the extra ftpusers group and users. Here is the difference in my config:

force_local_logins_ssl=YES
ssl_sslv2=YES
ssl_sslv3=YES


But I think that shouldn't matter since your log indicate you got past the ssl part. And I also have the same vsftpd version. So maybe try login with root to see if the problem might be with your ftp user.

[fatcat69]

I have no clue about that cryptic error. I have ssl working fine on my server, the difference is I'm login as a normal local user without setting up the extra ftpusers group and users. Here is the difference in my config:

force_local_logins_ssl=YES
ssl_sslv2=YES
ssl_sslv3=YES


But I think that shouldn't matter since your log indicate you got past the ssl part. And I also have the same vsftpd version. So maybe try login with root to see if the problem might be with your ftp user.

[2/27/2008 11:17:29 AM] 530 Permission denied.
ERROR:> [2/27/2008 11:17:29 AM] Not logged in.

now how does the root not have permission.

im checking the config file after i post this.

[naq]

Oops, my bad, root is denied login by default. Maybe instead, try creating a new normal login:

useradd -G users,wheel username
passwd username

and try login with that through ftp.

[fatcat69]

I have no clue about that cryptic error. I have ssl working fine on my server, the difference is I'm login as a normal local user without setting up the extra ftpusers group and users. Here is the difference in my config:

force_local_logins_ssl=YES
ssl_sslv2=YES
ssl_sslv3=YES


But I think that shouldn't matter since your log indicate you got past the ssl part. And I also have the same vsftpd version. So maybe try login with root to see if the problem might be with your ftp user.

[2/27/2008 11:17:29 AM] 530 Permission denied.
ERROR:> [2/27/2008 11:17:29 AM] Not logged in.

now how does the root not have permission.

im checking the config file after i post this.

ok found the problem...

under /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
root was under "users not allowed to log in via ftp"
just deleted it from the list...and connected fine

[dythim]

Heh, you should avoid using root as much as possible. It's there for security reasons as that account is the one hackers try to crack the most.

[fatcat69]

Oops, my bad, root is denied login by default. Maybe instead, try creating a new normal login:

useradd -G users,wheel username
passwd username

and try login with that through ftp.

figured it out...

Also, how do i set the home directory to

/home


i try to add a user

useradd -G users,wheel username -d /home

but it brings this up:
useradd: warning: the home directory already exists
not copying any file from skel directory into it


What i want is, so when a user logs in, they go to that directory right away and only have access to that directory


thanks!

Heh, you should avoid using root as much as possible. It's there for security reasons as that account is the one hackers try to crack the most.

ya i know, i just wanted to get this damn thing working...i removed it after i got it going ;-)

[dythim]

Nice, cheers

You should compile everything in this thread and make a tutorial. This is invaluable to new linux users.

Let me know if you need any linux help.

[naq]

When you create a new user without the -d syntax, the default home is /home/username. This is the user you should be using for everything (running utorrent & ftp), not root. utorrent will save data to /home/username by default, and ftp login will also start in the same location.

[fatcat69]

Nice, cheers

You should compile everything in this thread and make a tutorial. This is invaluable to new linux users.

Let me know if you need any linux help.

Thats the plan, i just need to figure it out first ><

When you create a new user without the -d syntax, the default home is /home/username. This is the user you should be using for everything (running utorrent & ftp), not root. utorrent will save data to /home/username by default, and ftp login will also start in the same location.

Well I did that df command you did up there, and /home is where all my space is, so I set utorrent to download directly to there.

When I login via ftp with the account I just made (not the root), I get defaulted to:

/root

to get to home, i type
/home

also, I just noticed that when I disable the root from accessing via ftp, all the other accounts wont work either.

When I allow root to access via ftp....all the accounts work

Any ideas on whats causing that?

[SgtMajor]

I changed the default dir where anon logs in:

anon_root=/data/directory

to

anon_root=/home

Now, when I log in to ftp stuff as a user, it defaults to

/home/user

and all I have to do is click the up directory button, works for me