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Kinda newbie here,

I have a server which uses vsftpd. I changed the password of user 'aa' from the root account with 'passwd aa', which changed the SSH password for user 'aa', but not for his FTP account.

I can't seem to find much other info on changing a vsftpd password.

Any tips?

Castaglia
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Flion
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    Look at what authentication method `vsftpd` is using, DB, or config files maybe? – NickW May 28 '13 at 13:15
  • Are you using a management panel like Webmin, cPanel or Plesk? Many of these do not create system users but have users specific to FTP. – jeffatrackaid May 28 '13 at 15:07
  • I tried that Nick, all I can find is some files in /etc/vsftpd/. there are some useraccount files there, but no passwords. and no management panels jeff. – Flion Jun 08 '13 at 07:39

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If your FTP server is using virtual users (check local_enable in the /etc/vsftpd.conf file, see man vsftpd.conf), you may have a login.txt file under /etc/vsftpd/, which is of the following form :

login1
password1
login2
password2
etc.

In this case you have to edit it, then use the following command to update the DB :

db4.7_load -T -t hash -f /etc/vsftpd/login.txt /etc/vsftpd/login.db

(you may have to replace db4.7_load by your version of dbXX_load).

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