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I have installed vsftpd ftp server on my ubuntu and I can connect only with the admin user (the user that can be sudoed). Also when I'm connecting via ftp I see the home directory of the admin user and not the home dir of the ftp user. For all other system users I receive a 530 Login incorrect error when trying to connect.

Any idea what I've been doing wrong?

The home dir of the ftp user is \srv\ftp:

drwxr-xr-x  2 root ftp  4096 sep 26 12:13 ftp

This are my config files:

# /etc/vsftpd.conf

listen=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
chroot_local_user=NO
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

# Standard behaviour for ftpd(8).
auth    required    pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny file=/etc/ftpusers onerr=succeed

# Note: vsftpd handles anonymous logins on its own. Do not enable pam_ftp.so.

# Standard pam includes
@include common-account
@include common-session
@include common-auth
auth    required    pam_shells.so

# /etc/ftpusers: list of users disallowed FTP access. See ftpusers(5).

root
daemon
bin
sys
sync
games
man
lp
mail
news
uucp
nobody
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  • First Error 503 is "Bad sequence of commands." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FTP_server_return_codes , you try to login as a system user ?
    – Max Muster
    Sep 26, 2014 at 13:37
  • Sorry, I have entered the wrong error code, is 530 Login incorrect. And, yes, I'm trying to connect as a system user.
    – Marius
    Sep 26, 2014 at 13:47
  • witch system user? be a little more verbose please.
    – Max Muster
    Sep 26, 2014 at 13:49
  • whats in the logfile ? try this chroot_local_user = YES
    – Max Muster
    Sep 26, 2014 at 14:02
  • Well I'm trying to connect via a normal user account (which exists on my ubuntu) and the system user used by vsftpd is ftp
    – Marius
    Sep 26, 2014 at 14:03

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I have solved the problem by adding /bin/bash at the end of the username in /etc/passwd:

mcristea:x:1001:1000::/home/mcristea:/bin/bash
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  • and what was there written?
    – Max Muster
    Sep 27, 2014 at 12:42
  • just this: mcristea:x:1001:1000::/home/mcristea
    – Marius
    Sep 30, 2014 at 13:56
  • try mcristea:x:1001:1000::/home/mcristea:/bin/false, this allows the login but gives no shell. mcristea:x:1001:1000::/home/mcristea:/sbin/nologin allowes no login (this is the default).
    – Max Muster
    Oct 13, 2014 at 9:15

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