chickenleg

Hi

I have managed to set up vsftp to use virtual users using a pam database file and it works except for one thing. . . users can not upload anything or create folders on the server. I get a 550 permission denied message every time.

I have checked the permissions on the folder and they are correct, I even tested by using chmod 777 on the folder to see if that made a difference and it did not. I also used: ps auxw | grep vsftpd to see what user im connecting under with a virtual user and it comes up as the ftp user I created for the virtual users to use.

My vsftpd.conf file has the following:

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES
ftpd_banner=Hello.
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
anon_upload_enable=NO
anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO
anon_other_write_enable=NO
guest_enable=YES
guest_username=beatsftp
user_sub_token=$USER
local_root=/home/beatsftp/$USER
user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_user_conf
virtual_use_local_privs=NO

I used a seperate config file in the user_config_dir to make my non-virtual users work (i.e. it they have guest_enable=NO) in their file and they all work fine so im a little lost.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

chickenleg

Actually just solved it, I mis-read the description for:

virtual_use_local_privs

It should be set to yes