Goulash's questions

I have just updated to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) from Ubuntu Server 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot).

It updated my vsFTPd installation, and it seems that something has changed :/ I use PAM authentication. What could have changed to cause this?

When trying to connect to the FTP server I get this error:

500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()

I tried googling it, and it said to add allow_writable_root=YES to the configuration file - however when I try this and try restarting vsftpd it can't restart. Why?

Here is how I actually fixed it:

wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/v/vsftpd/vsftpd_3.0.2-3_amd64.deb -O vsftpd.deb
dpkg -i vsftpd.deb
echo "allow_writeable_chroot=YES" >> /etc/vsftpd.conf
service vsftpd reload

And voila :)

Is there a way to find a log of all the commands that have been run by a user on Ubuntu 11.10 Server? I need to find out what my friend ran to install a program.

How do I make a new command to run a script, for example if I type runme (from any dir) it will run /run/me/script.sh? Seems simple but I can find anywhere that explains how to do this :/

I am trying to make a new VSFTPD user but there apears to be a lack of documentation explaing how to make a new user + pass and assign them to a specific directory.

Does anyone perhaps know a simple way to doing this?

At the moment I just created a new user and this is my vsftpd.conf file but I get 530 login authenication error

listen=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
virtual_use_local_privs=YES
write_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd
pam_service_name=vsftpd
guest_enable=YES
user_sub_token=$USER
local_root=/var/lib/
chroot_local_user=YES
hide_ids=YES
listen_port=201

I have Ubuntu 11.10 Wubi installed on a VM, and it has suddenly stopped being able to connect to the internet, it says connected, but the VM says there are no active IP addresses and it's not pingable... I have no idea whats causing this ... it's not the VM becuase Windows on the same VM works fine... Any ideas ?

I have just setup my server with ubuntu desktop, after running the sudo apt-get install-desktop, and rebooting I now want to login to the dektop remotely, from my Windows PC. How do I enable remote VNC / Teamviewer access via the SSH command line?