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Catherine MacInnes
Asked: 2015-01-17 08:17:30 +0800 CST

VSFTP server giving access denied for new users

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I am probably missing something simple but I've been banging my head against the wall for a while now and I'm hoping someone can help.

The Setup:

  • vsftpd running on a Centos machine a number of existing users have
  • access no problem created two new users and those users can't log in
  • for some reason

Troubleshooting Notes:

  • I can successfully log in as an existing user no problem
  • If I try to log in as an existing user with a known bad password I get the anticipated authentication failure in the secure log
  • I DO NOT get authentication failures in the secure log for the new users if I use the correct password but the client gets an Access Denied.
  • If I log in with a bad password I get the same behavior from the client side, but see the authentication failure in the secure log
  • There are no errors in the vsftpd.log
  • If I log in as one of the new users through a shell I have full access to their home directory as expected

Anyone have any ideas on what's going on, or where to look next for hints?

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1 Answers

  1. So I figured it out. It turns out that I had created the new users with /bin/nologin as their default shell instead of /sbin/nologin and PAM was refusing access because of the unknown shell.

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