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Thread: vsftpd: 500 OOPS: config file not owned by correct user, or not a file

  1. #1
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    Question vsftpd: 500 OOPS: config file not owned by correct user, or not a file

    When using the
    Code:
    vsftpd
    command to check my config, I got
    Code:
    500 OOPS: config file not owned by correct user, or not a  file
    I tried on a brand new Ubuntu installation and a brand new vsftpd installation and got the same error. ls -l gives me
    Code:
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5528 /etc/vsftpd.conf

  2. #2
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    Re: vsftpd: 500 OOPS: config file not owned by correct user, or not a file

    sudo chown -cR (username) /etc/vsftpd.conf

  3. #3
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    Re: vsftpd: 500 OOPS: config file not owned by correct user, or not a file

    Now I get:
    Code:
    500 OOPS: vsftpd: must be started as root (use run_as_launching_user option
    Changing that option causes vsftpd to fail to properly bind to its port.

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