Re: How to configure anonymous users in vsFTP?

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Budi Febrianto wrote:
> I try to create vsftp user, change the vsftpd.conf file, but  still no luck.

The anonymous user is "ftp", not "vsftp".

> This is the result when I try to connect to vsftp server from dos prompt.
>
>
> > > > > > with vsftp user
> C:\>ftp 192.168.1.1
> Connected to 192.168.1.1.
> 220 Welcome to project FTP service.
> User (192.168.1.1:(none)): anonymous
> 331 Please specify the password.
> Password:
> 500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable anonymous root

That's pretty obvious.  The home directory for the anonymous user is
writable.  Try "chmod ugo-w home-directory" (replace "home-directory)
with the anonymous FTP user's home directory) and see if that works.
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