Ubuntu
vsftpd package

  1. Bug #1160372
  2. Comment #108

Comment 108 for bug 1160372

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In , Tzotsos (tzotsos) wrote :

Hi Michal,

Thanks for the reply. I have switched to sftp to bypass this issue.
Here is the info you asked:

# ftp ftp://ueser:*****.@localhost
Trying ::1...
ftp: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
220 Welcome message
331 Please specify the password.
500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()
ftp: Login failed.
ftp: Can't connect or login to host `localhost'
500 OOPS: priv_sock_get_cmd

# grep 'vsftpd' /var/log/messages
Apr 18 12:38:49 aiolos xinetd[23286]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd [file=/etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd] [line=90]
Apr 18 12:39:03 aiolos xinetd[23660]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd [file=/etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd] [line=90]

Thanks,
Angelos