vsftpd username issue

Stuart Sears stuart at sjsears.com
Wed May 24 15:05:59 UTC 2006


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Tech Guy wrote:
>   
> HI,
> 
> I installed vsftpd on RHAS 3.0 and started the service and when I try to FTP, I am getting the following error. I didn't change vsftpd configuration file. I left it as it is.
> 
> "500 OOPS: vsftpd: cannot locate user specified in 'ftp_username':ftp"
> 
> I appreciate if someone can tell me what might be causing this issue.
does the 'ftp' user exist on the server?
what exactly is the line you have in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf for
ftp_username ?

ps please use a proper subject when you post to the list. Many folk here
 may ignore messages without one

Regards

Stuart


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