purew-ftpd root login

[ghulamyaseen]

Hello All,

I am trying to FTP my server as ROOT using pure-ftpd daemon. I get this error

530 Login authentication failed
ftp: Login failed.

while if i do FTP as other user, i successfully login. Any idea, what may be the issue

[ken_yap]

A ftp root login is a very bad idea anyway, and the ftp server is probably disallowing it to protect you from this bad idea.

[ghulamyaseen]

Dear ken_yap,

This may be a bad idea, but yet i wish to go with this option. Any idea on how to enable root login

Originally Posted by ken_yap

A ftp root login is a very bad idea anyway, and the ftp server is probably disallowing it to protect you from this bad idea.

[ken_yap]

Sorry, I won't help you with a bad idea.

ghulamyaseen wrote:

> This may be a bad idea, but yet i wish to go with this option. Any idea
> on how to enable root login

Take a look into this thread:

***
permit root login
http://osdir.com/ml/network.pureftpd...ads.html#00054
***

And yes, it's a *very bad idea* to get this, even on a lan. I also
discourage you from setting up :-(

Don't know what your requirements are (maybe if you explain, someone can
give you a better option), but *always* use an encrypted channel to send
sensitive passwords (and root's one is possibly the most sensitive password
I can think).

Greetings,

--
Camaleón

[ghulamyaseen]

I was looking for it as to just for testing purposes. So can you let me know?

Originally Posted by ken_yap

Sorry, I won't help you with a bad idea.