[SOLVED] Help with getting FTP working again

[rtarson]

So today I tried uploading a php doc to my server and noticed that I kept getting failed attempts. I have tried a couple of possible solutions on vestacp forums. Here is what I tried so far:

• Adding "/usr/sbin/nologin" to the doc "/etc/shells" - Did not work

• Edited the vsftpd.conf and altered "pam_service_name=ftp" - broke it more and now says cannot establish connection I did switch it back but still says no connection

I'm running centos 7.5. The last thing i did with my server was add postgreSQL to the server. Which i read on here before installing that database engine that should not disturb vesta.

What ever information yalls need I will get it for you, I just want my ftp back ahaha

[rtarson]

UPDATE: I have connection back now throwing 530 errors again (Login Incorrect)

I think it was due to the number of failed login attempts but still having issue.

[rtarson]

So after trying multiple things I finally found the fix to the issue!

Navigate and open with text editor

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sudo vi /etc/pam.d/vsftpd

Once in there you will see this:

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#%PAM-1.0
session    optional     pam_keyinit.so    force revoke
auth       required     pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny file=/etc/vsftpd/ftpusers onerr=succeed
auth       required    pam_shells.so
auth       include      password-auth
account    include      password-auth
session    required     pam_loginuid.so
session    include      password-auth

In that file you want to comment out one line:

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#auth       required    pam_shells.so

You should no longer get 530 login errors. I think the problem was I did a server update and it must have reconfigured that file?

[VENAXIS]

I am having the same issue but that solution did not work for me sadly. Still getting 530 errors.

[lucasnguyen12]

YEAH.. THAT WAS A PROBLEM.
Ftp stop working after sudo yum update. Your solution was fixed it.
Thanks!

So after trying multiple things I finally found the fix to the issue!

Navigate and open with text editor

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sudo vi /etc/pam.d/vsftpd

Once in there you will see this:

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#%PAM-1.0
session    optional     pam_keyinit.so    force revoke
auth       required     pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny file=/etc/vsftpd/ftpusers onerr=succeed
auth       required    pam_shells.so
auth       include      password-auth
account    include      password-auth
session    required     pam_loginuid.so
session    include      password-auth

In that file you want to comment out one line:

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#auth       required    pam_shells.so

You should no longer get 530 login errors. I think the problem was I did a server update and it must have reconfigured that file?