CentOS - Aug 2006 - proftpd problem

i installed proftpd on a fully updated centos 4.3 server.

the servers sits on a private lan (192.168.1.*)

when trying to acces the ftp (both from inside the lan and from outside
trough a nat router)
i cannot login

port forwarding is ok as i can enteer both username and password

error : 530 login incorrect

any ideas?

thanks

nightrid3r wrote:
> i installed proftpd on a fully updated centos 4.3 server.
>
> the servers sits on a private lan (192.168.1.*)
>
> when trying to acces the ftp (both from inside the lan and from outside
> trough a nat router)
> i cannot login
>
> port forwarding is ok as i can enteer both username and password
>
> error : 530 login incorrect
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks
>   
Give the configuration file. Double check the authentication process, 
local user (/etc/passwd) or virtual file's based ? By the way, why not 
use vsftpd ? For me it is by far the easiest to configure.
kfx

nightrid3r wrote:
> i installed proftpd on a fully updated centos 4.3 server.
> 
> the servers sits on a private lan (192.168.1.*)
> 
> when trying to acces the ftp (both from inside the lan and from outside
> trough a nat router)
> i cannot login
> 
> port forwarding is ok as i can enteer both username and password
> 
> error : 530 login incorrect
> 
there is no ProFTPD included in CentOS - so your first step should be to 
contact your upstream for this.

secondly, your authentication mechanism does not seem setup correctly. 
the fact that you are being able to talk to the ftpd on the remote end 
would indicate that the firewall is no longer an initial issue.

-- 
Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq

nightrid3r wrote:
> 
> i cannot login
> port forwarding is ok as i can enteer both username and password
> error : 530 login incorrect
First check your logs (usually /var/log/proftpd/) for any errors that 
might seem relevant to the problem. You didn't mention this, so not sure 
if you looked?

Second, make sure your proftpd compile worked with PAM support -- run 
"/usr/bin/proftpd -l" and look for mod_auth_unix.c and mod_auth_file.c
modules.

Third, make sure your login user has a valid shell, and it's listed in 
/etc/shells -- I think the default config file has the valid shell 
requirement set ON.

I'm not sure where you got your RPM(s), but I have known good working 
builds of the stable 1.2.10 tree (with MySQL and OpenSSL patches) that 
you can use if desired, just ping me offlist.

-te

-- 
Troy Engel | Systems Engineer
Fluid Inc. | http://www.fluid.com

centos-bounces at centos.org <> scribbled on Saturday, August 12, 2006
4:14
PM:
> i installed proftpd on a fully updated centos 4.3 server.
> 
> the servers sits on a private lan (192.168.1.*)
> 
> when trying to acces the ftp (both from inside the lan and
> from outside trough a nat router) i cannot login
> 
> port forwarding is ok as i can enteer both username and password
> 
> error : 530 login incorrect
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> thanks
Do you have a file called /etc/pam.d/ftp containing:

#%PAM-1.0
auth    required        pam_unix.so     nullok
account required        pam_unix.so
session required        pam_unix.so

That will probably fix your problem.

Mike