Ubuntu
vsftpd package

  1. Bug #869684
  2. Comment #31

Comment 31 for bug 869684

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Joris Decombe (jorisdecombe) wrote :

I had the same problem for a while, turns out the file /etc/pam.d/vsftpd that comes with ubuntu is buggy...
Comments the following line in /etc/pam.d/vsftpd :
auth required pam_shells.so

And restart vsftpd

This is the only solution that worked for me.