Finally got the FTP server to work!

[Nemesio Garcia]

Hi,

I just wanted to share what I did in order to be able to access the vstpd server (FTP server). Initially when I tried to access the FTP server, using FileZillla I would get the following error:

Status: Connecting to 192.168.0.11:21...

Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...

Response: 500 OOPS: cannot read user list file:/etc/vsftpd.user_list

Error: Critical error

Error: Could not connect to server

To fix this, I SSH'd into the dns-323 and created a new file using the 'touch' command named 'vsftpd.user_list' under the /etc/ directory. Now I'm able to log into the FTP server with no problems :)

Hopefully this helps if you run into the same issue as I did.

-NG

[Joao Cardoso]

Thanks for the tip, now more robust.

But you only had problems because you didn't use the webUI, Services->Network->inetd->Configure->ftp. The missing file is created when you hit the Submit button.

[TJ]

Sorry to thread steal...

 

What about SFTP or FTPS? My attemps to force SSL logins and SSL data through the vsftp webgui have resulted in an inability to connect. The only client I regularly use is android-only (AndFTP), but I do believe the fault is not in the client but in user error and unclear setup instructions. The FTP port for alt-f appears to be 20 from my studying the config file. I suspect 20 and 21 are used during file transfer. When one forces SSL don't other ports come into play? I never could get implicit or explicit FTPS working on stock firmware (1.0 through 1.10beta) either. This has been on the back burner for me to figure out for some time, but some help would be appreciated.

 

-T.J.

[Joao Cardoso]

On Saturday, January 5, 2013 12:45:47 AM UTC, TJ wrote:

Sorry to thread steal...

 

What about SFTP or FTPS?

I tested both. They work with some clients, not with others. Don't remember which ones.

According to some readings I made, some clients have faulty implementations. Of course, this is the server author/advocates talk.