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I'm having a problem. Before I elaborate, I'd like to mention that I have follwed the guide verbatim. VERBATIM! I accomplished each step as asked but for some reason, I mange to run into trouble. Any help would be appreciated. I've ran into other problems, but google managed to fix those. I try my best to look up problems on my own, I generally learn things faster that way. But as of now, I'm stumped.

I have 2 problems total. The first has to do with the FTP server. After replacing the contents of proftpd.conf with the one suggested, I attempt to restart the server. The problem though, it fails. Here is the screenshot:
http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/19707/2004487178519734102_rs.jpg

Here is what the proftpd.log says:

Code:

Jun 11 02:17:18 alastaire-ubuntu proftpd[5641] alastaire-ubuntu: error setting IPV6_V6ONLY: Protocol not available
Jun 11 02:17:18 alastaire-ubuntu proftpd[5641] alastaire-ubuntu: ProFTPD 1.3.0 (stable) (built Thu Mar 8 03:01:15 UTC 2007) standalone mode STARTUP
Jun 11 02:20:26 alastaire-ubuntu proftpd[5641] alastaire-ubuntu: ProFTPD killed (signal 15)
Jun 11 02:20:26 alastaire-ubuntu proftpd[5641] alastaire-ubuntu: ProFTPD 1.3.0 standalone mode SHUTDOWN

The next issue begins when I try to create a torrentflux database user, here's the screenshot:
http://aycu03.webshots.com/image/19122/2001094485592521616_rs.jpg

 

2 problems, lets get into fixing mode.

For the Proftpd config. Seems there is a problem with the parsing of the config. It has to end with

Code:

</Anonymous>

Try (I put a known working config online):

Code:

cd /etc/proftpd
rm proftpd.conf
wget http://glider.sin.khk.be/linux_guide/bit-article/proftpd.conf
/etc/init.d/proftpd restart

If that fails, delete everything that is related to the anonymous user (so everything between <Anonymous ~ftp> and </Anonymous>, and also those 2 lines) and try to restart

For reference, this is the full config

Code:

ServerName			"FTP Server"
Serverident                     on "FTP"
ServerType			standalone
DeferWelcome			off
TimesGMT                        off


MultilineRFC2228		on
#DefaultServer			on
ShowSymlinks			on

TimeoutNoTransfer		600
TimeoutStalled			600
TimeoutIdle			1200

DisplayLogin                    welcome.msg
DisplayFirstChdir               .message
ListOptions                	"-l"

DenyFilter			\*.*/

AllowForeignAddress             on
AllowRetrieveRestart            on

# Uncomment this if you are using NIS or LDAP to retrieve passwords:
#PersistentPasswd		off

# Uncomment this if you would use TLS module:
#TLSEngine 			on

# Uncomment this if you would use quota module:
#Quotas				on

# Uncomment this if you would use ratio module:
#Ratios				on

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port				21
SocketBindTight                 on

PassivePorts                    11000 20000


# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances			30

# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User				nobody
Group				nogroup

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs
# (second parm) from being group and world writable.
Umask				022  022
# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
AllowOverwrite			on

AllowForeignAddress             on
AllowRetrieveRestart            on
AllowStoreRestart on

# Speed up the server, no DNS lookups, just plain ip's. Turn off when being hax0r3d.
UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off

DefaultRoot                     ~
ExtendedLog                     /var/log/proftpd.all ALL


# Delay engine reduces impact of the so-called Timing Attack described in
# http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-10-02
# It is on by default. 
DelayEngine 			off

<Anonymous ~ftp>
  User                          ftp
  Group                         nogroup
  UserAlias                     anonymous ftp
  DirFakeUser                   on ftp
  DirFakeGroup                  on ftp
  RequireValidShell             off
  MaxClients                    10
  DisplayLogin                  welcome.msg
  DisplayFirstChdir             .message
  AccessGrantMsg                "Anonymous access granted for user %u connecting."

  MaxClientsPerHost             1

  <Directory *>
    #DenyAll
    TransferRate        RETR 50
    <Limit WRITE>
      DenyAll
    </Limit>
  </Directory>
</Anonymous>

For the DB user, try doing it as root, so

Code:

sudo su
mysqladmin -u root -p create torrentflux

Hope that helps...

 

little help

Hi Glider,

i had the same problem with regards to the FTP server, i replaced the conf with the text you provided which stoped the first error now i get this

when i restart.

any ideas, i'm a noob when it comes to linux but thought i would give the a go as i had some hardware laying around.

Thanks

Bulb66

 

Don't worry about that, that's a DNS warning. Your FTP server should work perfectly.

EDIT: for the picky ones, that's because there isn't any IPv6 address associated with the hostname. Not sure if it's a fix, but it might help to add the IPv6 address & hostname in /etc/hosts. Or just ignore this warning and use IPv4 adresses

 

Ok,

this might be a silly question but how do i connect to it?

i've tried a ftp prog and internet explorer but they don't connect?

Bulb66

 

Are you trying with the local LAN IP adderss/name? If your using the external one you have to make sure your router is setup properly.

 

Download a FTP client (like SmartFTP), install it and make a connection to your server's IP (SmartFTP has great howtos).

In case you don't know your servers IP adress, issue

Code:

sudo ifconfig

in a terminal, or look up in this thread for a more in depth explanation about that, and setting static IP's.

 

Ok, i think i am using the local ip which is given out by my router. when i issue

Code:

sudo ifconfig

i get

i am using the linux username and password is that correct (i have tried other password i made during the guide)

Thanx

Bulb66

 

So you're using 192.168.1.68?

Can you goto another machine and run "ping 192.168.1.68"

 

yeah i can ping it.

bulb66

 

Try connecting from the local machine by using the IP address 127.0.0.1

That will tell you if it's running or not

 

ok, i can ping 127.0.0.1 but when i try and connect to it with smartFTP i get this,

[13:39:44] SmartFTP v2.5.1006.4
[13:39:44] Resolving host name "127.0.0.1"
[13:39:44] Connecting to 127.0.0.1 Port: 21
[13:39:45] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
[13:39:45] Cannot login waiting to retry (30s)...
[13:39:45] Client closed the connection.

bulb66

 

Also, post the output of

Code:

sudo netstat -taunp

 

I got that error when I used the config on here, in the end I used this as my config:

Code:

ServerName			"Deep Thought"
ServerType			standalone
ServerIdent			on		"DeepThought"
DeferWelcome			on
DefaultServer			on

DisplayLogin			.welcome	# Textfile to display on login
DisplayConnect			.connect	# Textfile to display on connection
DisplayFirstChdir               .firstchdir	# Textfile to display on first changedir

UseReverseDNS       		off
IdentLookups        		off

Port				21
Umask				022
MaxInstances                    15
MaxClientsPerHost               3 		"Only %m connections per host allowed"
MaxClients                      10 		"Only %m total simultanious logins allowed"
MaxHostsPerUser                 1

User				nobody
Group				nogroup

ScoreboardFile 			/var/log/scoreboard

# Some logging formats
LogFormat            		default 	"%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"
LogFormat            		auth    	"%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s"
LogFormat            		write   	"%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"

# Define log-files to use
TransferLog          		/var/log/proftpd.xferlog
ExtendedLog         		/var/log/proftpd.access_log    WRITE,READ write
ExtendedLog          		/var/log/proftpd.auth_log      AUTH auth
ExtendedLog          		/var/log/proftpd.paranoid_log  ALL default


AllowStoreRestart 		on
AllowRetrieveRestart		on
RequireValidShell               off
PathDenyFilter                  "\\.ftp)|\\.ht)[a-z]+$"
DefaultRoot 			/
DenyFilter 			\*.*/

ListOptions			"" strict

I cant vouch for how secure it is though.

 

output as requested:

Bulb66

 

It's as safe... and logs a lot more But it doesn't allow anonymous FTP. Not that that would be a problem.

EDIT:

Code:

tcp 0 0 127.0.1.1:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5228/proftpd: (acce 

Proftpd is only listening on the localhost. I'm not 100% sure, but taking

Code:

SocketBindTight                 on

out of the config (/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf and restarting proftpd (/etc/init.d/proftpd restart) should fix it

 

There's your problem, it's listening on 127.0.1.1

check the config and change it to 127.0.0.1

 

Good to know

 

Hey,

i have to admit i don't understand anything you put their, lol

i tried your code TheEclypse and i connect right away using the 192 address, so thanks.

so would i be able to connect to this ftp server over the internet?

Bulb66