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voidmain:
Have you looked in your /var/log/proftpd.log file for login error messages? If there are error messages could you let me know what they are?
Also, do you have iptables firewall configured? If so could you let me know what "iptables -L" shows?
Also, when you try and log in from a client, what is the "exact" message that is displayed?
[ January 25, 2003: Message edited by: void main ]
Stryker:
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useradd doesn't automatically add the shell or create the hoome directory in slackware (at least for me). i didn't figure out the shell part until now, i set it to /bin/bash and it works fine now.
voidmain:
Aha. Now for the question I should have asked first. Why FTP and not SSH/SCP/SFTP?
Also, if you must use FTP you might want to read over the proftpd site. Lot's of good information:
http://www.proftpd.org/
Stryker:
quote:Originally posted by void main:
Aha. Now for the question I should have asked first. Why FTP and not SSH/SCP/SFTP?
Also, if you must use FTP you might want to read over the proftpd site. Lot's of good information:
http://www.proftpd.org/
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Well most people don't have support for ssh/scp/sftp, i will certainly try to make more secure options for people, but i'd like to be as supportive as possible. and i didn't check the website because this is much faster, and if i(or anyone) runs into a similar problem then can search here and find this thread. You know where i can get information on more secure file transfers? i've never tried it before.
voidmain:
Ahh, so this is going to be used by more than just you, possibly the general public? There are plenty of Windows clients out there that work with SSH (WinSCP is very much like WS_FTP (except WinSCP is free)). I personally would force users to use SSH over ftpd. Too many security issues with FTP. But if you have explored all the alternatives and must use FTP then proftpd is my choice. But please keep up on the security sections at the proftpd web site. Of course you want to keep up on security about any piece of software you have running on an internet connected machine, including ssh.
[ January 25, 2003: Message edited by: void main ]
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