On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 09:30 +0100, Paul F. Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > > > I've never had this problem before with vsftpd and am using the default > > > security settings (firewall on, set for ftp, www, ssh and ntp ports to > > > be open and SELinux to be nice). > > > > "man ftpd_selinux" says: > > > > SELinux ftp daemon policy is customizable based on least access > > required. So by default SElinux does not allow users to login and > > read their home directories. If you are setting up this machine as > > a ftpd server and wish to allow users to access their home > > directorories, you need to set the ftp_home_dir boolean. > > > > setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1 > > > > I guess you've already done this since downloads are working. > > Yep. Normally, all I ever have to do is set up a user and they instantly > get read/write ftp access. This one box is proving to be a pain! > Have you tried with selinux disabled to see if that is the source? It may be the vsftpd config or it may be an selinux problem. > > Are you getting any AVC messages in /var/log/audit/audit.log when trying > > to write to this area? Are the home directories on a local filesystem or > > are you using NFS/samba etc.? > > I'll need to look at audit.log. All home directories are accessed via > ftp and are held on a bog standard ext3 drive. > > > > Second to this, how do I get it to allow passive transfers? proftpd > > > seemed to do this by default (IIRC), but I can't get vsftpd to do it. > > > > Pass; I'm also a proftpd user and haven't tried vsftpd. > > Ah.... > > > > Any help would be appreciated and if you're in the Salford area of > > > Manchester, beer provided :-) > > > > Given the Shanks quote common in your sigs, it would appear you're deep > > in enemy territory ;-) I'm in Sale. > > Well, hopefully I won't be here for that much longer (10 years of being > just down the road from failureville - Old Trafford to those who don't > know it) is more than enough. Got my teaching qualifications, just a > matter of finding a job nearer to St Helens. > > TTFN > > Paul > -- > "Logic, my dear Zoe, is merely the ability to be wrong with authority" - > Dr Who >
