Using filezilla (windows) to connect to vsFTPd

[pbryd]

Hello Guys

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.

I've installed vsFTPd and it seems to be working if it type

ftp 127.0.0.1

I get the connected message.

I now want to connect from my laptop with Filezilla.

Ubuntu is on 192.168.1.113
XP latop is on 192.168.1.124

I've used filezilla and ftp before but can't get it to connect.

Do I need port forwarding in the router?

What do I need to do?

P

[greenpeace]

Hi,

Have you enabled local users in the configuration file?

Open /etc/vsftpd.conf as root, and look for the line "local_enable=YES". Uncomment the line by removing the # at the beginning, and you will be able to log in as your normal user (or any other user on the box).

If you already did this, do you get some error when you try to FTP in?

FYI, there's no need to forward ports unless you intend on accessing the FTP server from outside of your home network.

hope that helps!
g

[pbryd]

Thanks G

Tried that but I'm getting a

Connection attempt failed with "ETIMEDOUT - Connection attempt timed out".

I'm assuming the Host address for vsFTPd is the actual ip address (192.168.1.113).

[greenpeace]

I'm assuming the Host address for vsFTPd is the actual ip address (192.168.1.113).

yes exactly... can you ping your ubuntu box from the windows box?

If that's ok, double check which port the FTP daemon is running on, and check you're attempting to connect to that port:

sudo netstat -tulpn | grep ftp

here it runs on the default port 21 (should be there too really).

If you're trying to connect so-called "secure" FTP, that tries to connect on the SSH port 22, as it is basically "FTP-over-SSH". For that you'd need to have an SSH server running on your box, so double check what type of connection you're attempting from Windows.

[pbryd]

ping 192.168.1.113 from my windows box work fine.

the sudo netstat command gives me

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* Listen
3500/vsftpd


I'm got filezilla connecting as plain ftp but still no luck

[greenpeace]

Well, it all seems ok... Can you post the contents of your config file to help us out?

it should be here: /etc/vsftpd.conf

or if you prefer:

grep -v "[ \t]*#" /etc/vsftpd.conf

(this just posts the non-commented lines from your config file )

[pbryd]

Hi G.

I'll post the config tonight when I get back home, I really appreciate your help, cheers.

P

[pbryd]

I've tried to connect via ftp from another PC running ubuntu on the home network but it's still not connecting.

As requested here's my config file

config file /etc/vsftpd.conf

listen=YES

#listen_ipv6=YES

anonymous_enable=YES

local_enable=YES

write_enable=YES

#local_umask=022

#anon_upload_enable=YES

#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES

dirmessage_enable=YES

use_localtime=YES

xferlog_enable=YES

connect_from_port_20=YES

#chown_uploads=YES
#chown_username=whoever

#xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log

#xferlog_std_format=YES

#idle_session_timeout=600

#data_connection_timeout=120

#nopriv_user=ftpsecure

#async_abor_enable=YES


#ascii_upload_enable=YES
#ascii_download_enable=YES

#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.

#deny_email_enable=YES

#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails

#chroot_local_user=YES

#chroot_local_user=YES
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list


secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty

pam_service_name=vsftpd

rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem

[greenpeace]

Well... I don't know what to say, your configuration works fine for me!

I have anonymous_enable=NO in my normal config, but it works both with and without.

Just a thought, did you reload the config for vsftp after making changes to the file? You will need to do that, changes aren't loaded automatically:

sudo service vsftpd reload

I suggest that you reload the vsftp daemon, and if it still doesn't work, post the entire contents of the config file here (Please don't forget to use CODE tags to make it readable - check the # button on the forum message editor).

[pbryd]

I'm still unable to connect, after restarting and reloading vsftpd.

Here's my config file.

# Example config file /etc/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.
#
#
# Run standalone?  vsftpd can run either from an inetd or as a standalone
# daemon started from an initscript.
listen=YES
#
# Run standalone with IPv6?
# Like the listen parameter, except vsftpd will listen on an IPv6 socket
# instead of an IPv4 one. This parameter and the listen parameter are mutually
# exclusive.
#listen_ipv6=YES
#
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# 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
#
# If enabled, vsftpd will display directory listings with the time
# in  your  local  time  zone.  The default is to display GMT. The
# times returned by the MDTM FTP command are also affected by this
# option.
use_localtime=YES
#
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=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
#
# You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown
# below.
#xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
#
# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format.
# Note that the default log file location is /var/log/xferlog in this case.
#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 blah 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 restrict local users to their home directories.  See the FAQ for
# the possible risks in this before using chroot_local_user or
# chroot_list_enable below.
#chroot_local_user=YES
#
# 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().
# (Warning! chroot'ing can be very dangerous. If using chroot, make sure that
# the user does not have write access to the top level directory within the
# chroot)
#chroot_local_user=YES
#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
#
# Customization
#
# Some of vsftpd's settings don't fit the filesystem layout by
# default.
#
# This option should be the name of a directory which is empty.  Also, the
# directory should not be writable by the ftp user. This directory is used
# as a secure chroot() jail at times vsftpd does not require filesystem
# access.
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
#
# This string is the name of the PAM service vsftpd will use.
pam_service_name=vsftpd
#
# This option specifies the location of the RSA certificate to use for SSL
# encrypted connections.
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem