Re: [Proftpd-user] Issue configuring ProFTPd

>>>>> "Nikolaos" == Nikolaos Milas <[email protected]> writes:

Nikolaos> Hello,
Nikolaos> I am trying to configure ProFTPd v1.3.6e on CentOS 8 (actually 
Nikolaos> replicating older configs from earlier versions of ProFTPd).

Please post your config that you're using.  

Nikolaos> I have already earlier versions of ProFTPd running on CentOS
Nikolaos> 6 and CentOS 7 for a long time without issues, but this time
Nikolaos> I am having a hard time.

With which version(s) of proftpd? 

Nikolaos> It's an installation with ldap-based authentication (using
Nikolaos> mod_ldap), and other modules.

What other modules?  You're not giving us enough information to help.

Nikolaos> Users logging in are forced to uid:gid of wftpuser:nginx (see list below).

So you're running with virtual users only, correct?  And you have User
and Group config vars set to wftpuser and nginx respectively?  

Nikolaos> LDAP-based authentication works but I am having several
Nikolaos> problems. When connected to the FTP Server using account
Nikolaos> abc, I cannot download files from it, despite everything
Nikolaos> seems OK (ownerships & permissions).

Nikolaos> In fact, I can upload / create files & directories, but I
Nikolaos> cannot download (or delete or change) anything on the
Nikolaos> server: I am getting the message "No such file or
Nikolaos> directory)"!

You need to post your config blocks, otherwise we're just guessing
really.


Nikolaos> Here is the listing of the account home dir (a typical Wordpress 
Nikolaos> installation):

Nikolaos> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nikolaos> drwxr-x---  6 wftpuser nginx   4096 Sep 19 21:29 .
Nikolaos> drwxr-xr-x  4 wftpuser nginx     48 Sep 18 18:22 ..
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx 113459 Aug 13 15:36 favicon.ico
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx    405 Aug 13 15:34 index.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx  19915 Aug 13 15:34 license.txt
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   7278 Aug 13 15:36 readme.html
Nikolaos> drwxr-x---  2 wftpuser nginx      6 Sep 19 21:29 test
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   6912 Aug 13 15:34 wp-activate.php
Nikolaos> drwxr-x---  9 wftpuser nginx   4096 Aug 13 15:34 wp-admin
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx    351 Aug 13 15:34 wp-blog-header.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   2332 Aug 13 15:36 wp-comments-post.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   3030 Aug 13 15:36 wp-config.php
Nikolaos> drwxr-x---  9 wftpuser nginx    163 Aug 13 15:36 wp-content
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   3940 Aug 13 15:34 wp-cron.php
Nikolaos> drwxr-x--- 21 wftpuser nginx   8192 Aug 13 15:36 wp-includes
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   2496 Aug 13 15:34 wp-links-opml.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   3300 Aug 13 15:36 wp-load.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx  47874 Aug 13 15:36 wp-login.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   8509 Aug 13 15:34 wp-mail.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx  19396 Aug 13 15:34 wp-settings.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx  31111 Aug 13 15:36 wp-signup.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   4755 Aug 13 15:36 wp-trackback.php
Nikolaos> -rw-r-----  1 wftpuser nginx   3133 Aug 13 15:36 xmlrpc.php
Nikolaos> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nikolaos> If I attempt to download e.g. license.txt, I am getting the message "No 
Nikolaos> such file or directory"!

Nikolaos> (Note: In all listings below, I have changed the real public IP address 
Nikolaos> of the server to 10.10.10.30.)

Nikolaos> The FTP client (FileZilla) shows:

Nikolaos>     Status:    Starting download of /license.txt
Nikolaos>     Command:     CWD /
Nikolaos>     Response:    250 CWD command successful
Nikolaos>     Command:     TYPE A
Nikolaos>     Response:    200 Type set to A
Nikolaos>     Command:     PASV
Nikolaos>     Response:    227 Entering Passive Mode (10,10,10,30,238,59).
Nikolaos>     Command:     RETR license.txt
Nikolaos>     Response:    550 license.txt: No such file or directory
Nikolaos>     Error:     Critical file transfer error

Nikolaos> Here is the output regarding this failed transfer from trace.log (Level 10)

Nikolaos> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <fsio:8>: using vroot stat() for path 
Nikolaos> '/.ftpaccess'
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <binding:4>: bound address 10.10.10.30, 
Nikolaos> port 60987 to socket fd 27
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <event:8>: dispatching event 
Nikolaos> 'core.data-listen' to mod_qos (at 0x7feecb5e24c0, use cache = false)
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <response:7>: response added to pending 
Nikolaos> list: 227 Entering Passive Mode (10,10,10,30,238,59).
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <scoreboard:3>: updating scoreboard entry
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <lock:9>: attempting to unlock scoreboard 
Nikolaos> fd 21 entry, offset 656
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <lock:9>: unlock of scoreboard fd 21 
Nikolaos> entry, offset 656 succeeded
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <lock:9>: attempting to unlock scoreboard 
Nikolaos> fd 21 entry, offset 656
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <lock:9>: unlock of scoreboard fd 21 
Nikolaos> entry, offset 656 succeeded
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <scoreboard:3>: finished updating 
Nikolaos> scoreboard entry
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <scoreboard:3>: updating scoreboard entry
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <lock:9>: attempting to unlock scoreboard 
Nikolaos> fd 21 entry, offset 656
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <lock:9>: unlock of scoreboard fd 21 
Nikolaos> entry, offset 656 succeeded
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <lock:9>: attempting to unlock scoreboard 
Nikolaos> fd 21 entry, offset 656
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <lock:9>: unlock of scoreboard fd 21 
Nikolaos> entry, offset 656 succeeded
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <scoreboard:3>: finished updating 
Nikolaos> scoreboard entry
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching LOG_CMD command 
Nikolaos> 'PASV' to mod_log.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <response:9>: flushing response list for 
Nikolaos> 'PASV'
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,425 [7972] <response:1>: 227 Entering Passive Mode 
Nikolaos> (10,10,10,30,238,59).
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,494 [7972] <timer:7>: reset timer ID 2 
Nikolaos> ('TimeoutIdle', for module 'core')
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,494 [7972] <response:9>: clearing response lists 
Nikolaos> before dispatching command 'RETR'
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,494 [7972] <encode:5>: decoded 'RETR' into 'RETR'
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,494 [7972] <encode:5>: decoded 'license.txt' into 
Nikolaos> 'license.txt'
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching PRE_CMD command 
Nikolaos> 'RETR license.txt' to mod_tls.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching PRE_CMD command 
Nikolaos> 'RETR license.txt' to mod_core.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching PRE_CMD command 
Nikolaos> 'RETR license.txt' to mod_core.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching PRE_CMD command 
Nikolaos> 'RETR license.txt' to mod_quotatab.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <lock:9>: attempting to read-lock 
Nikolaos> QuotaLock fd -1
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching PRE_CMD command 
Nikolaos> 'RETR license.txt' to mod_auth.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching PRE_CMD command 
Nikolaos> 'RETR license.txt' to mod_xfer.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <encode:5>: decoded 'license.txt' into 
Nikolaos> 'license.txt'
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <fsio:8>: using quotatab lstat() for path 
Nikolaos> '/license.txt'
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <response:7>: error response added to 
Nikolaos> pending list: 550 license.txt: No such file or directory
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching POST_CMD_ERR 
Nikolaos> command 'RETR license.txt' to mod_vroot.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching POST_CMD_ERR 
Nikolaos> command 'RETR license.txt' to mod_quotatab.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <lock:9>: attempting to write-lock 
Nikolaos> QuotaLock fd -1
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching POST_CMD_ERR 
Nikolaos> command 'RETR license.txt' to mod_auth.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching LOG_CMD_ERR 
Nikolaos> command 'RETR license.txt' to mod_log.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <command:7>: dispatching LOG_CMD_ERR 
Nikolaos> command 'RETR license.txt' to mod_xfer.c
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <response:9>: flushing error response 
Nikolaos> list for 'RETR'
Nikolaos> 2020-09-19 22:04:37,495 [7972] <response:1>: 550 license.txt: No such 
Nikolaos> file or directory
Nikolaos> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nikolaos> Could anyone please suggest any cause and solution for this issue? It is 
Nikolaos> driving me insane!

Nikolaos> Thank you in advance.

Nikolaos> All the best,
Nikolaos> Nick



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