vsftp Response: 530 Login incorrect.

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1

I have installed and configured vsftpd through YAST. When I try to log in i get the following:


Response:    530 Login incorrect.
Error:    Critical error: Could not connect to server

This my vsftpd.conf:


anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO
anon_root=/srv/ftp
anon_upload_enable=NO
anonymous_enable=NO
chroot_local_user=YES
ftpd_banner=No matter where you go, there you are. Don't panic.
idle_session_timeout=900
local_enable=YES
log_ftp_protocol=YES
max_clients=10
max_per_ip=3
pasv_enable=YES
pasv_max_port=40500
pasv_min_port=40000
ssl_enable=YES
ssl_tlsv1=YES
write_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem

I am behind a cable router with a forward Xfinity ip linked to my domain through DNS Exit.
The self signed ssl certificate is recognized.
I get the same error whether trying to connect vie FQDN or internal ip.
I am not sure what to look at to fix the problem.
Any and all help appreciated.

2

To see if a program is listening on the FTP port (as root):

lsof -i  | grep ftp

To check if the service is running (assuming the service name is vsftpd, of which I am not sure):

systemctl status vsftpd
3 

lsof -i  | grep ftp
vsftpd    26967   root    3u  IPv4  98827      0t0  TCP *:ftp (LISTEN)



systemctl status vsftpd
● vsftpd.service - Vsftpd ftp daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; disabled; vendor p>
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-04-13 13:19:21 EDT; 2min 35s ago
   Main PID: 26967 (vsftpd)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
     CGroup: /system.slice/vsftpd.service
             └─26967 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd.conf

Apr 13 13:19:21 TOWER systemd[1]: Started Vsftpd ftp daemon.
4

That looks fine then.

It seems that basically a connection is possible. The 530 error meaning that something is wrong with username/password.
Check and doublecheck.

5

It is my login and password. I use it to login to the system. Do I need to add ftp users like samba users?

6

I have no idea why you mention Samba. And I have nil Samba knowledge (I am an Unix/Linux user and system manager).

But there is a file /etc/ftpusers that contains usernames of user that may NOT use ftp. That file normally does not contain users you have added as “normal users”. So I doubt the user you use is in there, but you can check. I am also not sure if vsftpd uses it (not all ftp servers do).

And of course, you could try to find some logs. I do not have vsftpd installed, thus I have no man page, but it could tell you where logs are.

7

Tried a man vsftp on the internet:

vsftpd_log_file
    This option is the name of the file to which we write the vsftpd style log file. This log is only written if the option xferlog_enable is set, and xferlog_std_format is NOT set. Alternatively, it is written if you have set the option dual_log_enable. One further complication - if you have set syslog_enable, then this file is not written and output is sent to the system log instead.

    Default: /var/log/vsftpd.log
8

I was asking because I know you have to add samba users to samba and I wanted to know if you had to specifically add users to ftp or vdftp.

my user in not n that file.

From the vdftpd log, the login fails at the password. It is apparently not being recognized.

9

Is your User in the /etc/vsftpd.user_list?

10

In the man page I found

userlist_enable
If enabled, vsftpd will load a list of usernames, from the filename given by userlist_file. If a user tries to log in using a name in this file, they will be denied before they are asked for a password. This may be useful in preventing cleartext passwords being transmitted. See also userlist_deny.

Default: NO

Seeing his config in post #1, that is not enabled.

But on openSUSE the default may be different.

11

That file is not present.

12

Any ideas?

13

Success !!
I added


pam_service_name=vsftpd

to the conf fle and all is working.

14

Congratulations. And thanks for reporting back!