[WBEL-users] vsftpd is ftpd! but how to connect?

[Greg Knaddison]

When vsftpd starts, by default it checks for the config file in
/etc/vsftpd.conf - not in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf  So, the file you
are editing in the vsftpd subdirectory is not actually being used -
unless you have made a special argument in your command line to take
care of that..  I spent a lot of time working on my
/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and pounding the keyboard until I read the man
page and saw this:

>From man vsftpd.conf:

"By default, vsftpd looks for this file at the location
/etc/vsftpd.conf. However, you may override this by specifying a
command line argument to vsftpd. "

Then everything was happy ;)

Greg


On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 08:27:25 -0500, Raymond Val <rval@acm.org> wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> In addition to this, make sure that your firewall is allowing ftp and ftpd
> if you are using the firewall on the machine.
> 
> Also, check to see if /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow are in use.
> 
> Ray Val
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: whitebox-users-admin@beau.org [mailto:whitebox-users-admin@beau.org]
> On Behalf Of John Hinton
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 00:15
> To: jim stockford
> Cc: whitebox-users@beau.org
> Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] vsftpd is ftpd! but how to connect?
> 
> Try turning off passive mode in your ftp client. If that doesn't work,
> take a look in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and have a nice long read on all
> the potential settings you may configure. It is a very flexible program.
> 
> Best,
> John Hinton
> 
> jim stockford wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > ftp has got a different name, starts with 'v' as in vsftpd.
> >
> > so I can start (and stop) it
> > # /etc/init.d/vsftpd start
> >
> > and ps -alx shows it's running, but when I try to connect,
> > connection times out.
> >
> > So I'm guessing I don't understand things in
> > /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
> >
> > I saved the original file as
> > /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.confORG
> > and saved my edits as /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.confNEW
> >
> > /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf is a copy of either *ORG or *NEW,
> > depending on what state I'm in (depressed or hopeful).
> >
> > right now, I'm both depressed and
> > hopefully,
> > jim
> >
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