Issues with VSFTPD / FTP on Linux Ubuntu server - Steps for Troubleshooting?
- by jnolte
I am dealing with an issue I am unclear on how to resolve and have been pulling my hair out for some time. I have been trying to configure an FTP user using the following (we use this same documentation on all servers)
Install FTP Server
apt-get install vsftpd Enable local_enable and write_enable to YES
and anonymous user to NO in /etc/vsftpd.conf restart - service vsftpd
restart - to allow changes to take place
Add WordPress User for FTP access in WP Admin
Create a fake shell for the user add "usr/sbin/nologin" to the bottom of the /etc/shells file
Add a FTP user account
useradd username -d /var/www/ -s /usr/sbin/nologin
passwd username
add these lines to the bottom of /etc/vsftpd.conf
- userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.userlist
- userlist_enable=YES
- userlist_deny=NO
Add username to the list at top of /etc/vsftpd.userlist
restart vsftpd "service vsftpd restart"
make sure firewall is open for ftp "ufw allow ftp" allow
modify the /var/www directory for username "chown -R
/var/www
I have also went through everything listed on this post and no luck. I am getting connection refused.
Sorry for the poor text formatting above. I think you get the idea. This is something we do over and over and for some reason it is not cooperating here.
Setup is Ubuntu 12.04LTS and VSFTPD v2.3.5
Thank you in advance.
