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vsFTP question

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i have set up a vsFTP server that came with my Red Hat 9.0 machine, and i am confused now, because whenever i try to connect to it, it says:
530 Must Perform Authentication before identifying USER
i have no idea what it means as i am a newbie at FTP servers. please tell me what this means and what i can do to fix it

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BUMP :!:
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Post by Roja »

Depends on how you are attempting to connect and login.

It may be that you are (without trying to) connecting anonymously, which is disabled, and thats the error message.

Try using a client that allows you to specifically set a username/password before connecting, and try that way.

If thats what you are doing, THEN SAY SO! You aren't giving much information in your post - what ftp client are you using to connect, etc.
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Show a part of the connecting ...

( you can take out ip / port info ;-) )
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Post by Deemo »

well, i know i am not connecting annonamously, because i specified the password

i have tried it on windows by adding a network place
and on my linux computer which the server itself is running on! using the ftp in the terminal AND gftp

all those allow me to use user name and password
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Post by ol4pr0 »

Did /var/log/messages say anything ?
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nope 8O
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Post by ol4pr0 »

Did you use a rpm or src ?

if rpm i suggest you start from scratch with a src...

Since you dont have any error logs i dont have a clue on what went wrong.

however youre 530 message: normally suggest that something is wrong with the login / password information
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When I encounter a error message that get's me confused, I paste it in Google

I'ts just a tip.
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Post by Deemo »

well, i gave up on vsFTP, i installed something else

thanks for the help though :D
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Post by Pyrite »

Damn, too late, but ok. You probably don't have PAM setup, so you could have edited your /etc/vsftp.conf and turned off PAM authentication. But you went to something else ...
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