FTP LOGIN REFUSED message (access denied on wuftp

[shantec]

i had a smoooth runing wuftp ,until i got an error on my monthly backup.for some reason 50 meg file became 40 gigs and filled my hard disk.
i was able to ftp,when this happened, but the remote loaction, wouln't accept the file, since there was no space on the hard disk,
than we deleted the 40 gig file, and everything became normal, but , now when any user wants to ftp, they get error530, and i get FTP LOGIN REFUSED (access denied on the logs.
on redhat 7.2

what can i do?
Thank you
your help is appreciated

shann

 

[tarn]

Hmm! ... 530 is usualy bad user or password, but things to check:
I'll asume that you have ssh or telnet access into your server?

1) is ftp running and listening? netstat -l and look for tcp *:ftp LISTENING

2) try (either from locahost) telnet localhost 21 (or from a remote location) telnet yourserver.com 21 ..... this should return the ftp banner something like:

[boss@someserver boss]$ telnet localhost 21
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 ProFTPD 1.2.5 Server (ProFTPD) [guvner.boss.com]
You can type help if you get this far

quit
221 Goodbye.
Connection closed by foreign host.


3) check your man page for ftpd and see if you can start ftpd with debug turned on then tail -f /var/log/messages

4) Stop & re-start ftpd (could have got its knickers in a twist?)

Ok so this is all standard fault analysis stuff? but it may help identify your problem.

Good Luck

Laurie.

 

[shantec]

Laurie,

thank you for your help
i have followed your instructions
this is the message i get from f /var/log/messages

ftpd[13061]: ACCESS DENIED (not in any class)
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this is what my ftpaccess file looks like, it looked starnge to me?

noretrieve /usr/internet/
private no
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couldn't get it running yet

thanks for your help
shann

 

[shantec]

Laurie
Thank you,
i solved the problem

my ftpaccess file was empty. when the hardisk capacity was full, i was trying to ftp to the server, without knowing it.
it must have caused this problem.

if you ever need,the wuftp site has all the sample configuartions ready.

http://www.wu-ftpd.org/examples/ftpaccess

appreciate your help,
shann

 

[tarn]

Well Done,

Your welcome.

L.