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I'm trying to create a user using this instructions.
But i'm still getting the login failed message. From local or from a remote machine, when i try connect.
I added the root user to the /etc/vsftp.chroot_list file just writing "root" (without quotes).
Any help?
user35538
Posted 2012-11-05T17:48:22.733
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I would advise not to allow the root user to log into your system. Depending on your system, root login may even be disabled (see PermitRootLogin for SSH).
I would assume that vsftpd does not allow root login or some other components prohibit it. You should add a new user to the system and use that for daily operations.
You can add a new user to the system using adduser
sudo adduser bob
Der Hochstapler
Posted 2012-11-05T17:48:22.733
Reputation: 77 228
Did you restart the FTPd so it reread its (changed) configuration file? – Hennes – 2012-11-05T17:50:39.037
@Hennes yes, sudo service vsftpd restart – user35538 – 2012-11-05T17:52:17.897
Did you add the users on the server before adding them to the file? – Der Hochstapler – 2012-11-05T17:54:03.417
@OliverSalzburg well, what i did is adding the root user. Check my question again, I edited it.
rootis the user that im using to connect to this machine using ssh protocol. – user35538 – 2012-11-05T17:55:48.2831@user35538: You shouldn't use the
rootuser for any login at all. And if you want to enable it to log in via SSH, why are you messing with the vsftpd config? I would strongly recommend adding a new user account and working with that. – Der Hochstapler – 2012-11-05T17:57:22.200@OliverSalzburg thanks, I created a new user, and it worked – user35538 – 2012-11-05T18:31:05.863
@user35538: I added the same advice as a proper answer. Happy to hear you were able to resolve the issue :) – Der Hochstapler – 2012-11-05T18:38:57.497