Wednesday, July 13, 2016

pam-list file refused user root for service vsftpd

Posted by Herewefix on 7/13/2016 03:30:00 PM Linux Error Fix 1 comment

If you are connecting ftp with the user root on vsftpd, you may get this error.In ftp root is to disable for a security reason.

ERROR:

vsftpd: pam_listfile(vsftpd:auth): Refused user root for service vsftpd

Solution:

vim /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

userlist_deny=YES

change to

userlist_deny=NO