proftpd - help with ftp

[brevig]

I've just installed proftpd 1.2.9.

I've edited the proftpd.conf file to use testuser (useradd -M testuser) and group testuser instead of nobody because it said that user nobody didn't exist(yet when i tried to create user nobody i couldn't because there was one.)

Then I added a file called "proftpd" to /etc/xinetd.d/

service ftp
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/proftpd
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = no
}


I restarted xinetd then started proftpd

I then tried ftping to localhost but it tells me that

"421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection"

So after i got that i tried ftp'ing to 127.0.0.1 and 192.168.1.100 just to see if it would do the same, It did.

So i looked at iptables --list and it says

"ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere stat NEW tcp dpt; ftp"

From that I would figure that it would accept ftp connections.

Can anyone offer some help with this?



ProFTPD.CONF FILE BELOW

# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use. It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login. It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.

ServerName "Test Server"
ServerType standalone
DefaultServer on

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port 21

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask 022

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd).
MaxInstances 30

# Set the user and group under which the server will run.
User testuser
Group testuser

# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
DefaultRoot ~

# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
<Directory />
AllowOverwrite on
</Directory>

# A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories. If you do not
# want anonymous users, simply delete this entire <Anonymous> section.
<Anonymous ~ftp>
<Limit LOGIN>
DenyAll
</Limit>
UseFtpUsers on
RequireValidShell off

User ftp
Group ftp



# We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp"
UserAlias anonymous ftp

# Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
MaxClients 10

# We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed
# in each newly chdired directory.
DisplayLogin welcome.msg
DisplayFirstChdir .message

# Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
<Limit WRITE>
DenyAll
</Limit>
</Anonymous>

[vorte[x]]

ServerType standalone


That must be changed to read ServerType inetd.

[brevig]

did that and it wouldn't start told me to do standalone

[feenixx]

try running xinetd in debugmode 'xinetd -d'
and look for 'service ftp' error messages.

then try to telnet on your server on port 21 and see what's the response
if you're running it on localhost

'telnet localhost 21'
when dialog appears, just type anything.
ftp should answer, not other app.

make sure no other service is binded on port 21.

[vorte[x]]

After starting xinetd, you do not need to start proftpd. Try logging into your FTP via port 21 and note any errors.