On Monday 07 Aug 2017 02:24:57 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 02:23:08PM +0200, David Haller wrote > > > Hello, > > > > On Thu, 03 Aug 2017, Walter Dnes wrote: > > >On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 04:09:15PM +0100, Mick wrote > > > > > >> On Thursday 03 Aug 2017 08:13:18 Walter Dnes wrote: > > >> > anon_root=/home/ftp > > >> > > >> Is this writeable? > > >> > > > If I do make it writeable, I get... > > > > > >500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot() > > > > # mkdir /home/ftp/incoming > > # chown ftp.ftp /home/ftp/incoming > > # chmod 1777 /home/ftp/incoming > > # chmod 555 /home/ftp > > I did the above (copy+paste; *WITHOUT* the "#", in case anyone asks). > Here's what happens. Question... why is it prompting me with "530 Please > login with USER and PASS." *AFTER* I give username "anonymous". BTW, if > I try any username, other than anonymous, it dies with a message about > being only an anonymous ftp server. > > [i3][waltdnes][~/downloads] ftp -p 192.168.123.251 > Connected to 192.168.123.251 (192.168.123.251). > 220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2) > Name (192.168.123.251:waltdnes): anonymous > 530 Please login with USER and PASS. > SSL not available > 331 Please specify the password. > Password: > 230 Login successful. > Remote system type is UNIX. > Using binary mode to transfer files. > ftp> put install-x86-minimal-20170207.iso > local: install-x86-minimal-20170207.iso remote: > install-x86-minimal-20170207.iso 227 Entering Passive Mode > (192,168,123,251,117,59). > 553 Could not create file. > ftp> bye > 221 Goodbye. > > I did manage to get the video game transferred with tftp, after a bit > of extra work. I don't know if it's the old OS/2 Warp tftp client, or > part of the protocol, but it can only transfer files up to 33553920 > bytes in size, i.e. 32 * 1024 * 1024 - 512 bytes. 32 megabytes looks > like some sort of coded-in limit. I had to do the transfer in pieces > less than 32 megabytes. I still want to get anonymous ftp working.
Sounds obvious, but did you try using a different client to connect to the ftp server anonymously and see what you get? -- Regards, Mick
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