Connection refused after installing vsftp on Ubuntu 8.04 with fail2ban
- by Patrick
I have been using an Ubuntu 8.04 server with fail2ban for a while now (12+ months) and using ftp over SSH without any problems. I have a new user that needs to put files onto the server from an IP modem.
I have installed vsftp (sudo apt-get install vsftp) and everything installed correctly.
I have created an ftp user on the server following this guide.
Whenever I try to connect to the server with my ftp program (filezilla) I get an immediate response of:
Connection attempt failed with "ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by
server".
I have looked into fail2ban and cannot find any problems. The iptables setup is:
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
fail2ban-ssh tcp -- anywhere anywhere multiport dports ssh
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain fail2ban-ssh (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere
VSFTP config file (commented lines removed)
listen=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
chown_uploads=YES
chown_username=[username]
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd
pam_service_name=vsftpd
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
Any ideas on what is preventing access to the server?
