I installed vsftpd using sudo apt install vsftpd.
I then edited /etc/vsftpd.conf following the instructions in this tutorial:
. I ensured that /etc/vsftpd.conf was owned by root. The file contents follow:
listen=YES
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
#anon_upload_enable=YES
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
#xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
#xferlog_std_format=YES
#idle_session_timeout=600
#data_connection_timeout=120
#nopriv_user=ftpsecure
#async_abor_enable=YES
#ascii_upload_enable=YES
#ascii_download_enable=YES
ftpd_banner=Welcome to WiseOldBird FTP Test service.
#deny_email_enable=YES
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails
chroot_local_user=YES
#chroot_list_enable=YES
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
#ls_recurse_enable=YES
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
ssl_enable=NO
# utf8_filesystem=YES
allow_writable_chroot=YESI disabled automatic starting of vsftpd with the following command: sudo systemctl disable vsftpd.
I enabled port 21 with the following command: sudo ufw allow 21/tcp.
I started vsftpd with the following command: sudo systemctl start vsftpd.
I got the following results on the console:
(venvs) jonathan@WiseOldBird:~$ sudo systemctl start vsftpd
(venvs) jonathan@WiseOldBird:~$ sudo systemctl status vsftpd
● vsftpd.service - vsftpd FTP server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2018-11-08 18:57:52 CST; 13s ago Process: 20245 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd.conf (code=exited, status=2) Process: 20244 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/vsftpd/empty (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 20245 (code=exited, status=2)
nov 08 18:57:52 WiseOldBird systemd[1]: Starting vsftpd FTP server...
nov 08 18:57:52 WiseOldBird systemd[1]: Started vsftpd FTP server.
nov 08 18:57:52 WiseOldBird systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
nov 08 18:57:52 WiseOldBird systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.Can anyone suggest how to discover what the INVALIDARGUMENT is and/or how to correct the situation.
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