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Rayen Ben Said
Asked: 2021-04-09 12:07:32 +0800 CST

vsftp work in terminal but not on filezilla and browser

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I work under in a docker image, under a VPS! i have install vsftp in my ubuntu 20.04! at the beginning I tested ftp 127.0.0.1 in the command line and everything goes well I created a user and I tested the file transfer. after adding the ssl certificate and I wanted to connect by filezilla or by browser it does not work and the server does not have the ip address 127.0.0.1! how can I fix this please!

here is the output of filezilla :

Response: 220 (vsFTPd 3.0.3)

Command: AUTH TLS

Answer: 530 Please login with USER and PASS.

Command: AUTH SSL

Answer: 530 Please login with USER and PASS.

Status: Unsecured server, it does not support FTP over TLS.

Command: USER rayen

Answer: 530 Permission denied.

there is nothings in the file log => it's empty /var/log/vsftpd.log

/etc/vsftpd.conf : listen=NO

listen_ipv6=YES

anonymous_enable=NO

local_enable=YES

write_enable=YES

dirmessage_enable=YES

use_localtime=YES

xferlog_enable=YES

connect_from_port_20=YES

chroot_local_user=YES

secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty

pam_service_name=vsftpd

rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem

rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem

ssl_enable=YES

user_sub_token=$USER

local_root=/home/$USER/ftp

pasv_min_port=30000

pasv_max_port=31000

userlist_enable=YES

userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.user_list

userlist_deny=NO

i followed this tuto :

https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/ubuntu-vsftpd/

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1 Answers

  1. Status: Unsecured server, it does not support FTP over TLS.

    You need to issue a certificate (I suggest using Let's Encrypt for this) After issuing a certificate, set these variables on /etc/vsftpd.conf file

    listen=NO
listen_ipv6=NO
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/server.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/server.key
ssl_enable=YES

    To connect using Filezilla, remember to select the option Use explicit FTP over TLS if available.

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