log for vsftpd

Any error message that you could see?

Before starting do this is a separate window

tail -f /var/log/messages

This would show you interactively the error message that you get.

Also check /var/log/secure

Hi,

check /var/log/vsftpd.log

If there's nothing check /etc/vsftpd.conf for the following:

log_ftp_protocol=YES
vsftpd_log_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log # (or whatever)

If

syslog_enable=YES instead of the default NO logging goes to syslog, using the *.FTPD facility. You must configure /etc/syslog.conf to enable this kind of logging, if you've not already done so.

wmp

there is nothing in the log for vsftpd

... and what's configured in vsftpd.conf?

this is not present in the conf

log_ftp_protocol=YES
vsftpd_log_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log # (or whatever)

So please add it, because the default is "no logging"

vsftp log locates in /var/log/vsftpd.log

Can you post your config file - /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf?

vsftpd_log_file unrecognized variable in config file

# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

#

# The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file

# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.

# Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.

#

# READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.

# Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's

# capabilities.

#

# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).

anonymous_enable=NO

 

log_ftp_protocol=YES

vsftp_log_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log

 

#

# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.

local_enable=YES

#

# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.

write_enable=YES

#

# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,

# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)

local_umask=022

#

# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only

# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will

# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.

#anon_upload_enable=YES

#

# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create

# new directories.

#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES

#

# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they

# go into a certain directory.

dirmessage_enable=YES

#

# The target log file can be vsftpd_log_file or xferlog_file.

# This depends on setting xferlog_std_format parameter

xferlog_enable=YES

#

# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).

connect_from_port_20=YES

 

 

#activate passive mode

pasv_enable=YES

pasv_max_port=50000

port_enable=YES

 

#

# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by

# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not

# recommended!

#chown_uploads=YES

#chown_username=whoever

#

# The name of log file when xferlog_enable=YES and xferlog_std_format=YES

# WARNING - changing this filename affects /etc/logrotate.d/vsftpd.log

#xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog

#

# Switches between logging into vsftpd_log_file and xferlog_file files.

# NO writes to vsftpd_log_file, YES to xferlog_file

xferlog_std_format=YES

#

# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.

#idle_session_timeout=600

#

# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.

#data_connection_timeout=120

#

# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the

# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.

#nopriv_user=ftpsecure

#

# Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not

# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,

# however, may confuse older FTP clients.

#async_abor_enable=YES

#

# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore

# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII

# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.

# Beware that on some FTP servers, ASCII support allows a denial of service

# attack (DoS) via the command "SIZE /big/file" in ASCII mode. vsftpd

# predicted this attack and has always been safe, reporting the size of the

# raw file.

# ASCII mangling is a horrible feature of the protocol.

#ascii_upload_enable=YES

#ascii_download_enable=YES

#

# You may fully customise the login banner string:

ftpd_banner=Welcome to GCI LIVEUPDATE FTP service.

#

# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently

# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.

#deny_email_enable=YES

# (default follows)

#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/banned_emails

#

# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home

# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of

# users to NOT chroot().

#chroot_list_enable=YES

# (default follows)

#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

#

# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by

# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large

# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume

# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.

#ls_recurse_enable=YES

#

# When "listen" directive is enabled, vsftpd runs in standalone mode and

# listens on IPv4 sockets. This directive cannot be used in conjunction

# with the listen_ipv6 directive.

listen=YES

#

# This directive enables listening on IPv6 sockets. To listen on IPv4 and IPv6

# sockets, you must run two copies of vsftpd whith two configuration files.

# Make sure, that one of the listen options is commented !!

#listen_ipv6=YES

 

pam_service_name=vsftpd

userlist_enable=NO

tcp_wrappers=YES

> #xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog
ucomment this
xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog

it is possible that two version of vsftpd is running

if i try to connect to the machine i can

> it is possible that two version of vsftpd is running
Yes, if they are listening to different ports. Otherwise, there will be port conflict.
Do
ps -lef |grep vftpd
netstat -lpn  # check the listen ports for port 21 and 22

If the vftpd is running

By the way, do you uncommet  
xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog
and restart vftpd
then check the log file /var/log/xferlog?

yes i did it but there is no /var/log/xferlog

Oh, comment out
# log_ftp_protocol=YES
# vsftp_log_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
before your restart vftpd.

sorry there is a file but empty

i had coment out before restarting

> when i am trying to start it , i got a failed
what's the message you got from the screen?

when i have installed centos i selected to install ftpserver. after that i did yum install vsftpd
so i think there is another ftp deamon

Sorry, uncomment
log_ftp_protocol=YES
to get verbose log format.

> when i have installed centos i selected to install ftpserver. after that i did yum install vsftpd
rpm -qa |grep -i ftp

i cannot find this 2 files

Runnig without inetd is not a very common setup.

Anyway, what do you get with

netstat -tulpe | grep ftp

?

thanks everybody for your help, i just reinstall it, with no ftp server in the setup process, after that everything work