Chuckles wrote: *snip* > I added the ftp firewall entry, I have tried every variation I can > think of of /etc/hosts.allow entries for ftp (though it should work for > localhost at least with "ALL: LOCAL" shouldn't it?), started vsftpd, and > nada. Since it works with tcp_wrappers disabled I know I'm doing > something wrong/stupid re them. I wish I still had FC1 around so I > could refer to its setup for vsftpd because it worked like a charm. The > one thing I think I remember that seems to be different is that there is > no /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd file present on FC3 (there is a sample in the > docs for vsftpd). I wonder if that is required even when vsftpd is run > standalone? Note: I copied the sample xinetd config for vsftpd in the > vsftpd docs dir to /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd leaving 'disabled=' set to 'yes' > and still no go. > > I'm feeling very frustrated and stupid here... Answering my own cry for help... Feeling very stupid indeed... Just so no one else will suffer my silly mistake: With a hint from some helpfull guys in #fedora on irc.freenode.net I figured out I was screwing up my /etc/hosts.allow entries that allow local and remote access via tcp_wrappers to vsftpd. I just had that feeling it was something bloody obvious I was overlooking and it was. ;) I had the meaning of the hosts.allow 'LOCAL' entry wrong in my head. To quote the man page, "LOCAL Matches any host whose name does not contain a dot character." I had to add 127.0.0.1 to allow local connection to vsftpd with an entry like this, "ALL: LOCAL 127.0.0.1" then add "vsftpd: <remote ip>". Now it works. On to the next thing I can screw up. ;) -- Chuckles <phlebas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Life Sucks! Then You DIE!!!
