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Old 10th June 2010
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Default vsftpd not starting

I've followed heaps of tutorials now and I still cannot get vsftpd to start.

Here is what I've done so far:

Install vsftp

# cd /usr/ports/*/vsftpd
# make install (select rc-ng script)

Configure

# cd /usr/local/etc
# vi vsftpd.conf

Here is my vsftpd.conf file:
Code:
# Example config file /usr/local/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=NO
#
# 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=002
#
# 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=NO
#
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO
anon_other_write_enable=NO
anon_world_readable_only=NO

max_clients=100
max_per_ip=5

pam_service_name=vsftpd

#
# 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
log_ftp_protocol=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
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# 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.
# Note that the default log file location is /var/log/xferlog in this case.
#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 on some FTP servers, ASCII support allows a denial of service
# attack (DoS) via the command "SIZE /big/file" in ASCII mode. vsftpd
# predicted this attack and has always been safe, reporting the size of the
# raw file.
# ASCII mangling is a horrible feature of the protocol.
#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_local_user=YES
#chroot_list_enable=YES
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#chroot_local_user=YES
#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
#
# When "listen" directive is enabled, vsftpd runs in standalone mode and
# listens on IPv4 sockets. This directive cannot be used in conjunction
# with the listen_ipv6 directive.
#
# This directive enables listening on IPv6 sockets. To listen on IPv4 and IPv6
# sockets, you must run two copies of vsftpd with two configuration files.
# Make sure, that one of the listen options is commented !!
#listen_ipv6=YES
secure_chroot_dir=/usr/local/share/vsftpd/empty

# If using vsftpd in standalone mode, uncomment the next two lines:
listen=YES
listen_port=21
background=YES

Add the following to /etc/rc.conf

vsftpd_enable=YES

Create the /etc/pam.d/vsftpd

auth required /usr/local/lib/pam_pwdfile.so pwdfile /etc/vsftpd_login.db
account required /usr/lib/pam_permit.so

Add login names:

htpasswd -c -b /etc/vsftpd_login.db USERNAME PASSWORD

Try starting it using the rc.d script
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/vsftpd start
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/vsftpd status
vsftpd is not running

Even though I have logging on it doesn't create a log file named /var/log/vsftpd.log

I have noticed that I can connect to the sftp, but this is using the sshd. Do I have to disable sftp to get vsftpd working?

I don't really need it to run stand alone is it easier to start it within inetd? If so what line do I enter into the inetd.conf file? As I've tried this:
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/vsftpd vsftpd

and that didn't work.

I've tried starting it manually:
# /usr/local/libexec/vsftpd /usr/local/etc/vsftpd.conf

that doesn't work and there is no output on the screen to tell me what went wrong.

Can anyone help. I'm sure I'm just missing something small.
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secure_chroot_dir=/usr/local/share/vsftpd/empty
You're starting vsftpd in chroot, does this directory exist? Try commenting this line out, does it work then?

Quote:
pam_service_name=vsftpd
Try disabling this.

Quote:
I don't really need it to run stand alone is it easier to start it within inetd?
The difference is that running vsftpd standalone means there is always a vsftpd process running. Running it from inetd means that inetd will start a process only when someone tries to connect.
It doesn't matter for your problem.
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