created ftp user, user cant log in.

[shaun]

client on one of our dedicated servers only has one domain on his server (his own) and is trying to create ftp users for his developers. I created a test one to see if i could log in and it didnt work.

Whats weird is that /etc/proftpd.conf looks pretty basic, it doesnt look like it\'s been updated at all. I\'m assuming their should be a seperate vhost for this domain right? this is what it looks like


DisplayConnect /etc/issue.net

ServerName \"ProFTPD\"
AuthUserFile /etc/proftpd/passwd.vhosts
LogFormat BytesLog \"%b\"
ServerType standalone
DeferWelcome off
DefaultServer on
DefaultRoot ~ !wheel
Port 21
Umask 022
User nobody
Group proftpd
<Directory />
AllowOverwrite on
</Directory>
<Anonymous ~ftp>
UseFtpUsers on
RequireValidShell off
User ftp
Group ftp
UserAlias anonymous ftp
<Limit LOGIN>
AllowAll
</Limit>
MaxClients 10
DisplayLogin welcome.msg
DisplayFirstChdir .message
<Limit WRITE>
DenyAll
</Limit>
</Anonymous>



I checked perms on their home dir and it looks good. read perl all accross the world and they own the dir.

Anybody have a fix for this.

[feanor]

What is in /var/log/messages , during the login failure?

[shaun]

well when i try to log in as ocshaun i get this

Jan 28 17:22:00 dotsperinch proftpd[1484]: dotsperinch.ocservers.net (216-73-111-2.ocdc-01.net[216.73.111.2]) - no such user \'ocshaun\'


and when i try to log in as ocshaun@dotsperinch.com i get this.

Jan 28 17:22:21 dotsperinch proftpd[1484]: PAM-listfile: Couldn\'t open /etc/ftpusers
Jan 28 17:22:21 dotsperinch PAM_pwdb[1484]: check pass; user unknown
Jan 28 17:22:22 dotsperinch proftpd[1484]: dotsperinch.ocservers.net (216-73-111-2.ocdc-01.net[216.73.111.2]) - PAM(ocshaun@dotsperinch.com): User not known to the underlying authentication module.

/etc/ftpusers doesnt exist also.

[feanor]

Hm..................
I think you have to use the username@domain.com login scheme if you don\'t have any virtual hosts configured within your /etc/proftpd.conf - that is, all of your shared IP users (which is all you have on this particular machine, right)? ... authenticate off the same file (/etc/proftpd/passwd.vhosts).... so, you need to make sure you provide the domain name after every ftp user ID as well.

Actually the ftp user is not complete WITHOUT the domain included, if you don\'t have any domains bound to unique IPs on this system.

[shaun]

this domain is on a unique ip, and i tryed both. i pasted the log of trying to log in with both.

[Nico]

We are having a similar problem with anonymous FTP. Everthing is enabled in Cpanel.
The logs report:

- FTP session opened.
no such GID '50'
- no such group 'ftp'
OK, resolved the user/group error by adding 'ftp:x:50:' to /etc/group.

This is still a problem:
- error: user ftp home directory is NULL or &&
Killed

On a roll here - Had to add 'ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/home2/steve/public_ftp:' to their file in /etc/proftpd

[AlaskanWolf]

u got a fix for this anon. ftp problem?

[AlaskanWolf]

i wonder if it has anything to do with the new trusted users feature dark orb added to WHM

[ee99ee]

Mine is broken too with the same error:

"PAM-listfile: Couldn't open /etc/ftpusers"

-ee99ee