By
default root login in ftp server is disabled. We can enable it for testing
purpose only. This is not recommended for the system administrator to enable,
because of the security issue. Anybody can hack the root password; this (ftp)
is not secure login.
login
as a root,
[root@SRV01
dhcpd]# ftp ftp.linuxhowto.in
Connected
to www.linuxhowto.in.
220
(vsFTPd 2.0.5)
530
Please login with USER and PASS.
530
Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4
rejected as an authentication type
Name
(ftp.linuxhowto.in:root): root
530
Permission denied.
Login
failed.
Now
directly giving error when login as root. If you would like to make root to
login do the following two things.
Uncomment
the root name in following file.
[root@SRV01
dhcpd]# vi /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
# Users
that are not allowed to login via ftp
#root
bin
daemon
adm
lp
sync
shutdown
halt
mail
news
uucp
operator
games
nobody
Uncomment
here also.
[root@SRV01
dhcpd]# vi /etc/vsftpd/user_list
# vsftpd
userlist
# If
userlist_deny=NO, only allow users in this file
# If
userlist_deny=YES (default), never allow users in this file, and
# do not
even prompt for a password.
# Note
that the default vsftpd pam config also checks /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
# for
users that are denied.
#root
bin
daemon
adm
lp
sync
shutdown
halt
mail
news
uucp
operator
games
nobody
Restart the Server.
[root@SRV01
dhcpd]# /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
Shutting
down
vsftpd:
[ OK ]
Starting
vsftpd for
vsftpd:
[ OK ]
Login
as root.
[root@SRV01
dhcpd]# ftp ftp.linuxhowto.in
Connected
to www.linuxhowto.in.
220
(vsFTPd 2.0.5)
530
Please login with USER and PASS.
530
Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4
rejected as an authentication type
Name
(ftp.linuxhowto.in:root): root
331
Please specify the password.
Password:
230
Login successful.
Remote
system type is UNIX.
Using
binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>
dir
227
Entering Passive Mode (10,65,4,55,250,36)
150 Here
comes the directory listing.
drwxr-xr-x
2 0
0 4096 Mar
08 23:31 Desktop
-rw-------
1 0
0 1609 Mar
08 21:25 anaconda-ks.cfg
-rw-r--r--
1 0
0 36018 Mar 08
21:24 install.log
-rw-r--r--
1 0
0 6659 Mar
08 21:22 install.log.syslog
226
Directory send OK.
That’s all!
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
How To Enable Root Login in FTP Server
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thanks for sharing information related ftp
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