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Old 27-06-2009, 10:35 AM
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Question Need help with RHEL vsftpd server

I installed vsftpd on RedHat EL 4 but am having trouble getting it to work.

The vsftpd service acts like it starts, but it shuts down right after starting.

# service vsftpd start
Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: [ OK ]
# service vsftpd stop
Shutting down vsftpd: [FAILED]

I'm using the default vsftpd.conf file.

I installed vsftpd-2.0.1-5.i386.rpm

Any ideas

Scott
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Old 27-06-2009, 06:31 PM
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Can you please attempt to stop and start the vsftpd service and then output the last 25 lines from /var/log/messages?

Code:
/etc/init.d/vsftpd stop

/etc/init.d/vsftpd start

tail -n25 /var/log/messages
This will help determining if there is a lock file present in the subsys.

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Jaysunn,

Here's the tail of the /var/log/messages from a vsftpd stop, start, stop, start.

Jun 27 14:48:38 localhost in.rexecd[4058]: login from athlon as scott
Jun 27 14:48:47 localhost su(pam_unix)[4091]: session opened for user root by scott(uid=500)
Jun 27 14:49:20 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 27 14:49:32 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 27 14:51:51 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 27 14:51:53 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded

The /var/log/secure dosen't record anything from the stop or start.

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Default mtman

Hey you can give this a try. I know you mentioned you are running the default config file. Here is my vsftpd.conf file on a working rhel4 ws ftp server. You can try replacing the default config file with this one.

Place this file in /etc/vsftp/vsftpd.conf

Code:
c-76-19-15-133:ftp jasonralph$ cat vsftpd.conf 
# Example config file /etc/vsftpd.conf
#
# The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
# Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
#
# READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
# Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
# capabilities.
#
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
#
# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
#anon_upload_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
#
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
#
# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
# recommended!
#chown_uploads=YES
#chown_username=whoever
#
# You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown
# below.
#xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
#
# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format
xferlog_std_format=YES
#
# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
#idle_session_timeout=600
#
# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
#data_connection_timeout=120
#
# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
#nopriv_user=ftpsecure
#
# Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
# however, may confuse older FTP clients.
#async_abor_enable=YES
#
# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
# Beware that turning on ascii_download_enable enables malicious remote parties
# to consume your I/O resources, by issuing the command "SIZE /big/file" in
# ASCII mode.
# These ASCII options are split into upload and download because you may wish
# to enable ASCII uploads (to prevent uploaded scripts etc. from breaking),
# without the DoS risk of SIZE and ASCII downloads. ASCII mangling should be
# on the client anyway..
#ascii_upload_enable=YES
#ascii_download_enable=YES
#
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
#
# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails
#
# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
# users to NOT chroot().
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
#
# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
#ls_recurse_enable=YES

pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
#enable for standalone mode
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
Next check the directory /var/lock/subsys/ for a file named vsftpd. Remove that file and attempt to stop and start the service.
Code:
rm /var/lock/subsys/vsftpd
Also please grep your /var/log/messages for vsftpd. There should be something in there pertaining to your problem.

Code:
tail -n1000 /var/log/messages | grep vsftpd
Regards,

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Jaysunn,

I tried your vsftpd.conf, but no change.

I assume the path should have been /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

What should the file permissions be on /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf?
I tried 777 but it's still acting the same.

I tried removing /var/lock/subsys/vsftpd, but this also had no effect.

What run levels should I be using? I simply did a "chkconfig vsftpd on"

Below chkconfig lists what I have.
#chkconfik -- list vsftpd
vsftpd 0;off 1;off 2;on 3;on 4;on 5;on 6;off
Below is the tail of the "/var/log/messages | grep ftp".
It doesn't look helpful, but maybe there's something missing?

Best Regards,

Scott
# tail -n1000 /var/log/messages | grep ftp
Jun 26 20:48:13 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:05:58 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 21:05:58 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:06:15 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 21:06:15 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:08:01 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 21:08:06 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:08:11 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 21:08:11 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:09:32 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 21:09:32 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:09:34 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 21:09:34 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:27:25 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:27:27 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:27:41 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 21:31:06 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 21:31:58 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 26 21:32:02 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 22:02:21 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 26 22:02:21 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 27 14:49:20 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 27 14:49:32 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 27 14:51:51 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 27 14:51:53 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 27 14:54:03 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 27 14:54:05 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 27 14:54:33 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 27 14:54:37 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 27 14:54:41 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 27 14:54:43 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:32:58 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:33:04 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:33:07 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:37:58 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:38:34 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:38:40 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:39:03 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:39:19 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:39:39 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:39:46 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:45:42 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:45:45 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:45:48 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:45:50 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:48:33 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:50:33 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:56:35 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:56:37 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
Jun 28 15:56:41 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd shutdown failed
Jun 28 15:56:44 localhost vsftpd: vsftpd vsftpd succeeded
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Hello Mtman,

Sorry to here that you are still not able to start the vsftpd daemon. For your questions. /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf is the correct location for the vsftpd configuration file. As for the permissions. For the file vsftpd.conf, the user permissions on my server are read, write for user. Here is the file:

Code:
[root@server1 vsftpd]# ls -lah
total 52K
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4.0K Jun 22 14:00 .
drwxr-xr-x  78 root root  12K Jun 22 15:00 ..
-rw-------   1 root root 4.1K Feb 24  2006 vsftpd.conf
[root@server1 vsftpd]#
I also have the vsftpd daemon starting upon boot. Here is my chkconfig list output for vsftpd:

Code:
[root@server1 vsftpd]# chkconfig --list vsftpd
vsftpd         	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
[root@server1 vsftpd]#
Thanks for the /var/log/messages output, however this is really not helping us much on troubleshooting this. You can try removing the rpm and reinstalling. First find the rpm package name and version.

Code:
[root@server1 vsftpd]# rpm -qa | grep vsftpd
vsftpd-1.2.1-3E.6
[root@server1 vsftpd]#
Then issue the remove command. Obviously change it to your version.

Code:
[root@server1]# rpm -e vsftpd-1.2.1-3E.6


For installation just change directory to where the rpm is located and issue a:

Code:
rpm -ivh vsftpd-1.2.1-3E.6.i386.rpm
If this all fails. I hate to resort to a restart, but it may be your last option. As for my skill level, I am not sure of any other issues that may be causing this.

Jaysunn
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hey man,
can you please try the follwings?
Code:
 nmap <your IP address>
Example:
Code:
 nmap 192.168.0.1
and there check if another instance of anyother ftp server is occupying port 21 or not. If so, you can always stop that ftp server and try starting vsftpd. alternatively you can configure your vsftpd to run on a different port. but i guess you dont want to run 2 different instances of ftp server in the same box.
you can also try the following command,
Code:
ps -aux |grep ftp
hope these helps.
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Simply type the following on screen and see if you get any error:
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Code:
netstat -f inet | grep ftp
This should list out any existing ftp daemons running on your server.
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Nixcraft,

By using vsftpd I found a couple errors with in my vsftpd.conf file. There was a typo and an unrecognized variable. vsftpd only reports the first error, so it took a couple attempts to get it clean.

I'm not sure why the default and the example from Jaysunn didn't work? Maybe I had the file permission wrong at that time.

I tried ftp and it's working

Thanks to everyone,

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