On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 02:35:38AM +0100, Nick wrote: > I just replaced the ordinary ftpd as supplied with my Debian Woody/Pre > system by the vsftpd deb in Testing, but now can't actually run any > FTP sessions because vsftpd dies every time I connect, as follows : > > # ftp django > Connected to django.mydomain.org. > 500 OOPS: vsftpd: cannot locate user specified in > 'tunable_ftp_username' > ftp> bye > > I took a real guess and added the directive > tunable_ftp_username=nobody > to my vsftpd.conf (*guessing* because the identifier > "tunable_ftp_username" doesn't appear anywhere in either the man page, > or the supplied config file), and now I get :
There is reference to tunable_ftp_username in the manpage. Did you read man vsftpd.conf? > # ftp django > Connected to django.mydomain.org. > 500 OOPS: unrecognised variable in config file I use vsftpd on Redhat on ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za and it is performing very well. What are you trying to do - log in as anonymous user? Have you enabled it in the config file? # Allow anonymous FTP? anonymous_enable=YES Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker." Psalms 95:6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
