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The "Very Secure FTPD" is a *nix (Unix, Linux) FTP Server.

vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast. It is stable. Don't take my word for it, though. Below, we will see evidence supporting all three assertions. We will also see a list of a few important sites which are happily using vsftpd. This demonstrates vsftpd is a mature and trusted solution. Features

Virtual IP configurations
Virtual users
Standalone or inetd operation
Powerful per-user configurability
Bandwidth throttling
Per-source-IP configurability
Per-source-IP limits
IPv6
Encryption support through SSL integration
etc...
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Where is vsftpd.conf?

I have a 11.04 x86 server. I ran sudo apt-get install vsftpd and that was successful. But I cannot find the vsftpd.conf file anywhere. I thought it was supposed to be in /etc/vsftpd.conf.
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Trying to connect to vsftpd, Failed to retrieve directory listing

Something is really not working here. I have the following error in using FileZilla to connect to a remote machine running vsftpd: Command: LIST Error: Connection timed out Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing I am trying to set up FTP…
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vsftpd: 500 OOPS: config file not owned by correct user, or not a file

As it is in the topic the problem is with vsftpd. For some time i used it normally and everything worked good. But once i started vsftpd and it gave out the message: 500 OOPS: config file not owned by correct user, or not a file After some…
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a scenario which depict vsftpd

I downloaded vsftpd, install and config based on this link How to Set up an FTP Server in Ubuntu Linux On my Ubuntu 12.04. But the question is how to test that? I want to learn how to use vsftpd and I am looking for an easy graphical step by step…
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Can't connect to FTPS on port 990

I am very much new to Linux platform. As I wanted to setup a FTP server using Ubuntu, I installed it and configured the FTP in it. Everything was fine before I enable SSL in vsftpd config file. Apart from default settings, I added the following…
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libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work

I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 today and when I was about to login to my ftp (which is running vsftpd) i got an error: libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work I have upgraded and updated everything I can find. Don't know whats…
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FTP cannot change directory

I have set all permissions on the /home directory ( sudo chmod 777 ) but I still cannot change to that directory ( or any other ) from ftp [ec2-user@ip-172-30-1-197 /]$ ls -l home total 4 drwxrwxrwx 4 ec2-user ec2-user 4096 Jun 18 15:52…
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VSFTPD: default to local user subdirectory

The goal: when a local user logs in to ftp, the user is directed to /home/{username}/htdocs. The expectation is that FileZilla or equivalent will show / and the contents of /home/{username}/htdocs below Like this: /- -file1 -file2 |-dir1 …
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How to see currently connected clients of vsftp

I'm using vsftpd. Now I would like to now if - and if, who - someone is currently connected to the server. Is it possible to find out, if anybody is connected, how many and even who is connected?
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vsftpd issue can't load RSA Certificate

This is my configuration for…
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vsftpd can't start with command allow_writeable_chroot=YES

I had an error message when logging in with vsftpd. 500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot() I have found a solution on google that I have to add the following command to vsftpd.conf allow_writeable_chroot=YES But with…
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Keep having "530 Login incorrect" for virtual users

Following the documentation and what are on the Internet, I installed libpam-pwdfile and here are my configurations: #…
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VSFTP Delete only some files?

I'm very new to Linux but have been making some slow progress. I've got an issue with vsftp where I can delete SOME directories and files but not all. Some information: These are existing files on a hd taken from a windows machine. All files can…
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Trouble getting VSFTPD server up and running

Installed vsftpd using a how-to step by step found online. Installed without error. 1st error to pop: server didn't prompt for user/pass. Found a doc, applied the fix, and can now use prompt to login. However, sometimes the connection does not…
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VSFTPD An unexpected TLS packet was received

I am trying to setup several ftp users, each with its own subfolder (so the user can see only he his root folder, and nothing else). current issue is that on filezilla I am getting Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome…
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