vsftpd connection problem.

Bob Hartung rwhart at netexpress.net
Mon Mar 1 07:31:58 UTC 2004


Jeff,
  Thanks.  I am new enough at this that I just "forget" to google my 
problems.

TNX

Bob

Jeff Lasman wrote:

>On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:12 pm, Bob Hartung wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Hi all,
>> I have a little ftp server set up on a home network.  I keep getting
>>the following error when
>>I try to connect.
>> "vsftpd refusing to run with writable anonymous root"
>>    
>>
>
>I googled the error message and found "http://www.vsftpdrocks.org/faq/":
>
><snip>
>A) vsftpd is protecting against dangerous configurations. The cause of 
>this message is usually dodgy ownership of the ftp home directory. The 
>home directory should NOT be owned by the ftp user itself. Neither 
>should it be writable by the ftp user.
></snip>
>
>Jeff
>  
>






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