ProFTPD login failing with 530

Question

I have the $5 plan. I used the default Ubuntu/Apache box. Then I installed ProFTPd (following the Digital Ocean tutorial). Everything worked well; I SFTP accessed it with Filezilla (via the not recommended use the root account as I have nothing up yet really; I’m just testing right now).

Then I added a new user account and was attempting to log in with that with the insecure plain ftp protocol. It returned 530 (on the password). So I restarted ProFTPd a few times and confirmed I’d done everything as directed in the tutorial. So what can I do to enable access there?

Further Note: SFTP access isn’t actually interfacing with ProFTPd since it works when the service is stopped.

I’m basically a Ubuntu neophyte - but very experienced with Windows and windows batch files, python, configuration files, Apache set up etc. so I can easily follow any directions.

little log snippet:

2014-08-31 11:08:12,495 BriarMoonDesign proftpd[9347] BriarMoonDesign <removed for privacy>): USER <removed for security but correct> (Login failed): Incorrect password. 2014-08-31 11:08:13,076 BriarMoonDesign proftpd[9347] BriarMoonDesign (<removed for privacy>): FTP session closed.

lionelnkaya · Answer

For anyone with the 530 login error here is a config file that works !God bless # # /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf -- This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file. # To really apply changes, reload proftpd after modifications, if # it runs in daemon mode. It is not required in inetd/xinetd mode. # # Includes DSO modules Include /etc/proftpd/modules.conf # Set off to disable IPv6 support which is annoying on IPv4 only boxes. UseIPv6 off # If set on you can experience a longer connection delay in many cases. IdentLookups off ServerName "Debian" ServerType standalone DeferWelcome off MultilineRFC2228 on DefaultServer on ShowSymlinks off TimeoutNoTransfer 600 TimeoutStalled 600 TimeoutIdle 1200 DisplayLogin welcome.msg DisplayChdir .message true ListOptions "-l" DenyFilter \*.*/ # Use this to jail all users in their homes DefaultRoot ~ # Users require a valid shell listed in /etc/shells to login. # Use this directive to release that constrain. RequireValidShell on # Port 21 is the standard FTP port. Port 21 # In some cases you have to specify passive ports range to by-pass # firewall limitations. Ephemeral ports can be used for that, but # feel free to use a more narrow range. # PassivePorts 49152 65534 # If your host was NATted, this option is useful in order to # allow passive tranfers to work. You have to use your public # address and opening the passive ports used on your firewall as well. # MasqueradeAddress 1.2.3.4 # This is useful for masquerading address with dynamic IPs: # refresh any configured MasqueradeAddress directives every 8 hours # DynMasqRefresh 28800 # 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 that the server normally runs at. User proftpd Group nogroup # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs # (second parm) from being group and world writable. Umask 022 022 # Normally, we want files to be overwriteable. AllowOverwrite on # Uncomment this if you are using NIS or LDAP via NSS to retrieve passwords: # PersistentPasswd off # This is required to use both PAM-based authentication and local passwords # AuthOrder mod_auth_pam.c* mod_auth_unix.c # Be warned: use of this directive impacts CPU average load! # Uncomment this if you like to see progress and transfer rate with ftpwho # in downloads. That is not needed for uploads rates. # # UseSendFile off TransferLog /var/log/proftpd/xferlog SystemLog /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log # Logging onto /var/log/lastlog is enabled but set to off by default #UseLastlog on # In order to keep log file dates consistent after chroot, use timezone info # from /etc/localtime. If this is not set, and proftpd is configured to # chroot (e.g. DefaultRoot or ), it will use the non-daylight # savings timezone regardless of whether DST is in effect. #SetEnv TZ :/etc/localtime QuotaEngine off Ratios off # Delay engine reduces impact of the so-called Timing Attack described in # http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11430/discuss # It is on by default. DelayEngine on ControlsEngine off ControlsMaxClients 2 ControlsLog /var/log/proftpd/controls.log ControlsInterval 5 ControlsSocket /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock AdminControlsEngine off # # Alternative authentication frameworks # #Include /etc/proftpd/ldap.conf #Include /etc/proftpd/sql.conf # # This is used for FTPS connections # #Include /etc/proftpd/tls.conf # # Useful to keep VirtualHost/VirtualRoot directives separated # #Include /etc/proftpd/virtuals.conf # A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories. # # User ftp # Group nogroup # # We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp" # UserAlias anonymous ftp # # Cosmetic changes, all files belongs to ftp user # DirFakeUser on ftp # DirFakeGroup on ftp # # RequireValidShell off # # # 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 # DisplayChdir .message # # # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot # # # DenyAll # # # # # Uncomment this if you're brave. # # # # # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs # # # (second parm) from being group and world writable. # # Umask 022 022 # # # # DenyAll # # # # # # AllowAll # # # # # # # DL / UP AllowStoreRestart On AllowRetrieveRestart On # Include other custom configuration files Include /etc/proftpd/conf.d/ code

Nisarbabu · Answer

Thank you so much JudgeDot.You are perfect :-)

dreakinlaja · Answer

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