550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

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550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

Post by jastanle84 » 2011/12/30 06:24:30

When trying to connect from Mozilla's FireFTP using anonymous or a FTP user on the CentOS 5.7, using VSFTPD I get the following error.

[code]550 Failed to change directory.[/code] (View Attachment)

This is what I have in my vsftpd.conf file:

[code]# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
#
# The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
# Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
#
# READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
# Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
# capabilities.
#
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
anon_root=/var/ftp/pub/incoming
# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
anon_upload_enable=YES
#
#
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
#
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# The target log file can be vsftpd_log_file or xferlog_file.
# This depends on setting xferlog_std_format parameter
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
#
# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
# recommended!
chown_uploads=YES
chown_username=ftp
#
# The name of log file when xferlog_enable=YES and xferlog_std_format=YES
# WARNING - changing this filename affects /etc/logrotate.d/vsftpd.log
#xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog
#
# Switches between logging into vsftpd_log_file and xferlog_file files.
# NO writes to vsftpd_log_file, YES to xferlog_file
xferlog_std_format=YES
#
# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
#idle_session_timeout=600
#
# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
#data_connection_timeout=120
#
# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
#nopriv_user=ftpsecure
#
# Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
# however, may confuse older FTP clients.
#async_abor_enable=YES
#
# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
# Beware that on some FTP servers, ASCII support allows a denial of service
# attack (DoS) via the command "SIZE /big/file" in ASCII mode. vsftpd
# predicted this attack and has always been safe, reporting the size of the
# raw file.
# ASCII mangling is a horrible feature of the protocol.
#ascii_upload_enable=YES
#ascii_download_enable=YES
#
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
#
# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/banned_emails
#
# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
# users to NOT chroot().
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
chown_uploads=YES
# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
#ls_recurse_enable=YES
#
# When "listen" directive is enabled, vsftpd runs in standalone mode and
# listens on IPv4 sockets. This directive cannot be used in conjunction
# with the listen_ipv6 directive.
listen=YES
#
# This directive enables listening on IPv6 sockets. To listen on IPv4 and IPv6
# sockets, you must run two copies of vsftpd whith two configuration files.
# Make sure, that one of the listen options is commented !!
#listen_ipv6=YES

pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES[/code]

ftp user and user has assigned password

[code][root@localhost vsftpd]# grep ftp /etc/passwd
ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin[/code]

This what I have set on SELinux:

[code][root@localhost vsftpd]# sestatus
SELinux status: disabled

[root@localhost vsftpd]# getenforce
Disabled[/code]

These are the permissions of the individual folders:

[code]
ftp permissions
ll /var
total 208
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 30 17:58 account
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 O/var/ftp/pub/uploadct 30 18:25 cache
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 crash
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 30 17:58 db
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 30 18:00 empty
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 28 21:59 ftp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 games
drwxrwx--T 2 root gdm 4096 Dec 28 21:56 gdm
drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 4096 Oct 30 19:12 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 local
drwxrwxr-x 6 root lock 4096 D/var/ftp/pub/uploadec 29 04:02 lock
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Dec 29 04:03 log
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Oct 30 17:52 lost+found
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 30 17:54 mail -> spool/mail
drwxr-x--- 5 root named 4096 Nov 17 17:22 named
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 nis
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 opt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 preserve
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 25 2010 racoon
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Dec 29 22:37 run
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Oct 30 18:22 spool
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 29 22:29 tmp
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 2007 tux
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Oct 20 17:05 www
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 30 18:00 yp

pub permissions
[root@localhost vsftpd]# ll /var/ftp
total 12
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 28 21:59 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 29 23:40 pub

incoming permissions
[root@localhost vsftpd]# ll /var/ftp/pub
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 29 23:40 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 29 23:27 upload
[/code]


Any help would be appreciated as I cannot log in as an ftp user or anonymous user.

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Re: 550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

Post by markinkc » 2011/12/31 15:24:28

You don't happen to have iptables running, do you? If so, did you open up the ftp port?

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550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VS

Post by pschaff » 2012/01/01 02:39:02

[quote]
jastanle84 wrote:
...
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 28 21:59 ftp
...
[root@localhost vsftpd]# ll /var/ftp
total 12
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 28 21:59 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 29 23:40 pub

incoming permissions
[root@localhost vsftpd]# ll /var/ftp/pub
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 29 23:40 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 29 23:27 upload
[/quote]
The /var/ftp tree is owned by [b]root[/b] and not [b]ftp[/b].[code]chown -R ftp.ftp /var/ftp[/code]

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Re: 550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

Post by jastanle84 » 2012/01/01 02:59:41

Ok, I checked to see if iptables was running and it is not. I chowned the /var/ftp tree and now I get the following error in FireFTP:

[code]500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable anonymous root
500 OOPS: child died[/code]

This error happens after trying to log into anonymous and ftp users.

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Re: 550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

Post by pschaff » 2012/01/01 03:13:18

So perhaps[code]chmod -w /var/ftp[/code]

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Re: 550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

Post by jastanle84 » 2012/01/01 03:37:44

Same error after doing chmod on /var/ftp:

permissions on the var/ftp tree:

[code][root@localhost vsftpd]# ll /var
total 208
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 30 17:58 account
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Oct 30 18:25 cache
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 crash
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 30 17:58 db
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 30 18:00 empty
dr-xr-xr-x 4 ftp ftp 4096 Dec 28 21:59 ftp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 games
drwxrwx--T 2 root gdm 4096 Dec 28 21:56 gdm
drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 4096 Oct 30 19:12 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 local
drwxrwxr-x 6 root lock 4096 Dec 29 04:02 lock
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Dec 29 04:03 log
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Oct 30 17:52 lost+found
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 30 17:54 mail -> spool/mail
drwxr-x--- 5 root named 4096 Nov 17 17:22 named
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 nis
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 opt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 11 2011 preserve
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 25 2010 racoon
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Dec 30 00:41 run
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Oct 30 18:22 spool
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 29 22:29 tmp
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 2007 tux
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Oct 20 17:05 www
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 30 18:00 yp

[root@localhost vsftpd]# ll /var/ftp
total 12
drwxrwxrwx 2 ftp ftp 4096 Dec 28 21:59 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 4 ftp ftp 4096 Dec 29 23:40 pub

[root@localhost vsftpd]# ll /var/ftp/pub
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Dec 29 23:40 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 3 ftp ftp 4096 Dec 29 23:27 upload[/code]

More help please. Is my vsftpd.conf file setup correctly?

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Re: 550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

Post by pschaff » 2012/01/01 17:15:55

May be the permissions on the /var/ftp/pub directory. I'm not very expert on vsftpd. I usually just use scp as FTP or anonymous access are not needed.

By the way - disabling the firewall (iptables) may be OK for short-term testing, but you really ought to be using it, and limiting access the minimum required hosts/ports. A subject for a new Topic if help is needed on that, after getting basic functions working.

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Re: 550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

Post by hansolo » 2012/01/18 21:59:25

Hi,

I don't want to retype all the things so maybe you better take a look at [url=http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/red-hat-31/550-create-directory-operation-failed-in-vsftpd-922686/]here[/url] where you may find the solution.



P.S.: just by the way I spotted this forum server's date - which year is it in (Posted on: 2012/1/1 4:13) ? :-)

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Re: 550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

Post by r_hartman » 2012/01/19 07:16:53

[code]dr-xr-xr-x 4 ftp ftp 4096 Dec 28 21:59 ftp[/code]
Any reason why this dir is not writeable (555)?

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Re: 550 Failed to change directory from FireFTP to CentOS 5.7 VSFTPD

Post by hansolo » 2012/01/19 14:40:08

[quote]
r_hartman wrote:
[code]dr-xr-xr-x 4 ftp ftp 4096 Dec 28 21:59 ftp[/code]
Any reason why this dir is not writeable (555)?[/quote]

Yes, 555 is [b]Read-eXecute[/b] not Read-Write -> 666 or RWX -> 777

chmod it with your root account to appropriate privileges that dir needs.

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