ftp - getting access denied

[shua]

After doing system restart I keep getting an access denied error when I try to log in with any ftp user to my vps
I did this --> service vsftpd start
and got
Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: 500 OOPS: cannot read config file: /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf [FAILED]
any suggestions?

[imperio]

Hi,
what is your operating system on the server ?

[djeglin]

I'm experiencing a similar issue of late. I'm not getting an access denied error, though, I'm getting a "Cannot read response" error. I also notice that SSH is very slow all of a sudden. I haven't made any changes, so I don't know what has changed. Sometimes the connection gets through, but most of the time using a desktop client such as Transmit I get chucked out (I assume this is some kind of timeout). If I manually connect through the command line, it gets there eventually but takes an age.

Ping responses are normal though, taking around 22ms to complete.

Something has clearly caused a major slowdown somewhere.

OS: CentOS 6.5

[imperio]

I recommend that you use proftpd

instruction for replacement vsftpd --> proftpd

1. Disable vsftpd

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service vsftpd stop
chkconfig vsftpd off

2. Install software package

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yum install proftpd

3. Download configuration

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wget http://c.vestacp.com/0.9.8/rhel/proftpd.conf -O /etc/proftpd.conf

4. Change vesta settings

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sed -i "s/vsftpd/proftpd/" /usr/local/vesta/conf/vesta.conf

5. Enable proftpd

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chkconfig proftpd on
service proftpd start

[djeglin]

That seems much better for me at least. I don't know about the OP.

Thanks very much

D

[Acans]

Can I do this for Debain 7.5? I'm having troubles with vsftpd as well.

Nevermind, Google is amazing.

For anybody else with Debian:

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service vsftpd stop

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update-rc.d -f vsftpd remove

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apt-get install proftpd

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wget http://c.vestacp.com/0.9.8/debian/proftpd.conf -O /etc/proftpd.conf

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sed -i "s/vsftpd/proftpd/" /usr/local/vesta/conf/vesta.conf

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update-rc.d -f proftpd enable

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service proftpd start

[imperio]

Yes, you can doing this for Debian/Ubuntu