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ProFtpD Bug unknown configuration directive 'VRootEngine'

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:19 pm
by juslintek
I use this guide: https://vestacp.com/docs/#how-to-replac ... hel-centos
I use http://c.vestacp.com/0.9.8/rhel/proftpd.conf config.

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Vas 20 21:01:57 hosting yum[11830]: Updated: ImageMagick6-libs-6.9.10.28-1.el7.remi.x86_64
Vas 20 21:03:17 hosting systemd[1]: Starting ProFTPD FTP Server...
-- Subject: Unit proftpd.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit proftpd.service has begun starting up.
Vas 20 21:03:17 hosting proftpd[20153]: 2019-02-20 21:03:17,743 hosting proftpd[20153]: mod_memcache/0.1: compiled using libmemcached-1.0.16 headers, but linked to libmemcached-1.0.18 library
Vas 20 21:03:17 hosting proftpd[20153]: 2019-02-20 21:03:17,744 hosting proftpd[20153]: fatal: unknown configuration directive 'VRootEngine' on line 5 of '/etc/proftpd.conf'
Vas 20 21:03:17 hosting systemd[1]: proftpd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Vas 20 21:03:17 hosting systemd[1]: Failed to start ProFTPD FTP Server.
-- Subject: Unit proftpd.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit proftpd.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Vas 20 21:03:17 hosting systemd[1]: Unit proftpd.service entered failed state.
Vas 20 21:03:17 hosting systemd[1]: proftpd.service failed.
OS version:

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 etc]# cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) 
Proftpd -V

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proftpd -V
Compile-time Settings:
  Version: 1.3.5e (maint)
  Platform: LINUX [Linux 2.6.32-042stab127.2 x86_64]
  Built: Wed Jan 31 2018 16:32:29 UTC
  Built With:
    configure  '--build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib64' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec/proftpd' '--localstatedir=/run/proftpd' '--disable-strip' '--enable-ctrls' '--enable-dso' '--enable-facl' '--enable-ipv6' '--enable-memcache' '--enable-nls' '--enable-openssl' '--enable-pcre' '--enable-shadow' '--enable-tests' '--with-libraries=/usr/lib64/mysql' '--with-includes=/usr/include/mysql' '--with-modules=mod_readme:mod_auth_pam:mod_tls' '--with-shared=mod_sql:mod_sql_passwd:mod_sql_mysql:mod_sql_postgres:mod_sql_sqlite:mod_quotatab:mod_quotatab_file:mod_quotatab_ldap:mod_quotatab_radius:mod_quotatab_sql:mod_ldap:mod_ban:mod_wrap:mod_ctrls_admin:mod_facl:mod_load:mod_vroot:mod_radius:mod_ratio:mod_rewrite:mod_site_misc:mod_exec:mod_shaper:mod_geoip:mod_wrap2:mod_wrap2_file:mod_wrap2_sql:mod_copy:mod_deflate:mod_ifversion:mod_qos:mod_sftp:mod_sftp_pam:mod_sftp_sql:mod_tls_shmcache:mod_tls_memcache:mod_ifsession' 'build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic'

  CFLAGS: -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -Wall
  LDFLAGS: -L$(top_srcdir)/lib -Wl,-z,relro -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -L/usr/lib64/mysql -L/usr/lib64/mysql -L/usr/lib64
  LIBS: -lacl  -lpcreposix -lpcre -lssl -lcrypto -lssl -lcrypto -lcap  -lmemcached -lmemcachedutil  -lssl -lcrypto  -lpam -lsupp -lcrypt -ldl 

  Files:
    Configuration File:
      /etc/proftpd.conf
    Pid File:
      /run/proftpd/proftpd.pid
    Scoreboard File:
      /run/proftpd/proftpd.scoreboard
    Header Directory:
      /usr/include/proftpd
    Shared Module Directory:
      /usr/libexec/proftpd

  Features:
    - Autoshadow support
    + Controls support
    + curses support
    - Developer support
    + DSO support
    + IPv6 support
    + Largefile support
    - Lastlog support
    + Memcache support
    + ncursesw support
    + NLS support
    + OpenSSL support (FIPS enabled)
    + PCRE support
    + POSIX ACL support
    + Shadow file support
    + Sendfile support
    + Trace support

  Tunable Options:
    PR_TUNABLE_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024
    PR_TUNABLE_DEFAULT_RCVBUFSZ = 8192
    PR_TUNABLE_DEFAULT_SNDBUFSZ = 8192
    PR_TUNABLE_GLOBBING_MAX_MATCHES = 100000
    PR_TUNABLE_GLOBBING_MAX_RECURSION = 8
    PR_TUNABLE_HASH_TABLE_SIZE = 40
    PR_TUNABLE_NEW_POOL_SIZE = 512
    PR_TUNABLE_SCOREBOARD_BUFFER_SIZE = 80
    PR_TUNABLE_SCOREBOARD_SCRUB_TIMER = 30
    PR_TUNABLE_SELECT_TIMEOUT = 30
    PR_TUNABLE_TIMEOUTIDENT = 10
    PR_TUNABLE_TIMEOUTIDLE = 600
    PR_TUNABLE_TIMEOUTLINGER = 30
    PR_TUNABLE_TIMEOUTLOGIN = 300
    PR_TUNABLE_TIMEOUTNOXFER = 300
    PR_TUNABLE_TIMEOUTSTALLED = 3600
    PR_TUNABLE_XFER_SCOREBOARD_UPDATES = 10


P.S. With default configs it starts but can't login, causes 530.

Okay found these configs in:
/usr/local/vesta/install/rhel/7/proftpd/proftpd.conf

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ServerName                      "FTP"
ServerIdent                     on "FTP Server ready."
ServerAdmin                     root@localhost
DefaultServer                   on
DefaultRoot                  ~ !adm

<IfModule mod_vroot.c>
    VRootEngine                 on
    VRootAlias                  /etc/security/pam_env.conf etc/security/pam_env.conf
</IfModule>

AuthPAMConfig                   proftpd
AuthOrder                       mod_auth_pam.c* mod_auth_unix.c
UseReverseDNS                   off
User                            nobody
Group                           nobody
MaxInstances                    20
UseSendfile                     off
LogFormat                       default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"
LogFormat                       auth    "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s"
ListOptions                     -a
RequireValidShell               off
PassivePorts                    12000 12100

<Global>
  Umask                         002
  IdentLookups                  off
  AllowOverwrite                yes
  <Limit ALL SITE_CHMOD>
    AllowAll
  </Limit>
</Global>
But still 530 login error, might be because mod_vroot.c is missing.

pam_env.conf

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#
# This is the configuration file for pam_env, a PAM module to load in
# a configurable list of environment variables for a
#
# The original idea for this came from Andrew G. Morgan ...
#<quote>
#   Mmm. Perhaps you might like to write a pam_env module that reads a
#   default environment from a file? I can see that as REALLY
#   useful... Note it would be an "auth" module that returns PAM_IGNORE
#   for the auth part and sets the environment returning PAM_SUCCESS in
#   the setcred function...
#</quote>
#
# What I wanted was the REMOTEHOST variable set, purely for selfish
# reasons, and AGM didn't want it added to the SimpleApps login
# program (which is where I added the patch). So, my first concern is
# that variable, from there there are numerous others that might/would
# be useful to be set: NNTPSERVER, LESS, PATH, PAGER, MANPAGER .....
#
# Of course, these are a different kind of variable than REMOTEHOST in
# that they are things that are likely to be configured by
# administrators rather than set by logging in, how to treat them both
# in the same config file?
#
# Here is my idea:
#
# Each line starts with the variable name, there are then two possible
# options for each variable DEFAULT and OVERRIDE.
# DEFAULT allows and administrator to set the value of the
# variable  to some default value, if none is supplied then the empty
# string is assumed. The OVERRIDE option tells pam_env that it should
# enter in its value (overriding the default value) if there is one
# to use. OVERRIDE is not used, "" is assumed and no override will be
# done.
#
# VARIABLE   [DEFAULT=[value]]  [OVERRIDE=[value]]
#
# (Possibly non-existent) environment variables may be used in values
# using the ${string} syntax and (possibly non-existent) PAM_ITEMs may
# be used in values using the @{string} syntax. Both the $ and @
# characters can be backslash escaped to be used as literal values
# values can be delimited with "", escaped " not supported.
# Note that many environment variables that you would like to use
# may not be set by the time the module is called.
# For example, HOME is used below several times, but
# many PAM applications don't make it available by the time you need it.
#
#
# First, some special variables
#
# Set the REMOTEHOST variable for any hosts that are remote, default
# to "localhost" rather than not being set at all
#REMOTEHOST	DEFAULT=localhost OVERRIDE=@{PAM_RHOST}
#
# Set the DISPLAY variable if it seems reasonable
#DISPLAY		DEFAULT=${REMOTEHOST}:0.0 OVERRIDE=${DISPLAY}
#
#
#  Now some simple variables
#
#PAGER		DEFAULT=less
#MANPAGER	DEFAULT=less
#LESS		DEFAULT="M q e h15 z23 b80"
#NNTPSERVER	DEFAULT=localhost
#PATH		DEFAULT=${HOME}/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin\
#:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/X11:/usr/bin/X11
#
# silly examples of escaped variables, just to show how they work.
#
#DOLLAR		DEFAULT=\$
#DOLLARDOLLAR	DEFAULT=	OVERRIDE=\$${DOLLAR}
#DOLLARPLUS	DEFAULT=\${REMOTEHOST}${REMOTEHOST}
#ATSIGN		DEFAULT=""	OVERRIDE=\@
proftpd -l shows that mod_vroot.c is missing:

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proftpd -l
Compiled-in modules:
  mod_core.c
  mod_xfer.c
  mod_rlimit.c
  mod_auth_unix.c
  mod_auth_file.c
  mod_auth.c
  mod_ls.c
  mod_log.c
  mod_site.c
  mod_delay.c
  mod_facts.c
  mod_dso.c
  mod_ident.c
  mod_readme.c
  mod_auth_pam.c
  mod_tls.c
  mod_memcache.c
  mod_cap.c
  mod_ctrls.c
  mod_lang.c
How do I get it?

Update:
Temporarily install vsftpd and its working, had as well to add /sbin/nologin to /etc/shells

Re: ProFtpD Bug unknown configuration directive 'VRootEngine'

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:34 pm
by skamasle
Hi

I will try reproduce this issue in centos 7 and say you something, sorry for delay, I know is too old bug, but may help somebody

Re: ProFtpD Bug unknown configuration directive 'VRootEngine'

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:07 pm
by skamasle
Missing module in centos7

Solve ti with

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sed -i "s/VRootEngine/#VRootEngine/g" /etc/proftpd.conf

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service proftpd restart
If user cant login to FTP in centos 7 es a know bug you can fixed by adding nologin shell

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echo /usr/sbin/nologin >> /etc/shells

You may need modify /etc/passwd if you add some user who cant login

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ba:x:1005:1005:[email protected]:/home/ba:
ba1:x:1006:1006:[email protected]:/home/ba1:/usr/sbin/nologin
As you say "ba" user not have a shell before adding shells you can see /usr/sbin/nologin

Actually fixed but good to know.