VSFTPD 421 Service not availabl

[Daniel J Walsh]

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On 10/02/2010 10:28 PM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> On 3 October 2010 01:35, Sam Sharpe <lists.redhat at samsharpe.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 3 October 2010 00:41, Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2 October 2010 23:58, Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2 October 2010 23:56, stan <gryt2 at q.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 23:37:40 +0100
>>>>> Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have installed a fresh version of F11, unfortunately I did not
>>>>>> install VSFTPD with it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On doing a "yum install vsftpd" it install fine but does not seem to
>>>>>> function.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [root at zzz vsftpd]# ftp localhost
>>>>>> Trying ::1...
>>>>>> ftp: connect to address ::1Connection refused
>>>>>> Trying 127.0.0.1...
>>>>>> Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
>>>>>> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
>>>>>> ftp> quit
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I copied the 'vsftpd.conf' and 'users' directory from my working F11
>>>>>> server this one is supposed to be mirroring, but am getting exactly
>>>>>> the same responce.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is probably a problem with the firewall.  Did you open ports 20
>>>>> and 21?
>>>>>
>>>>> And if you are using passive ftp you should open some ports in the high
>>>>> range, so there is a hole in the firewall for vsftpd to use.  You have
>>>>> to tell vsftpd to use those ports in the configuration.  I also had to
>>>>> open the service on my router, but that might not be an issue for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I recall correctly, there is a logging function that can be turned
>>>>> on and it is really useful for decoding where the problem is and what
>>>>> it is too.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's been a few years since I used vsftpd, so this is somewhat hazy.
>>>>
>>>> My other F11 server is working fine, and that does not have any extras.
>>>
>>> Its not iptables, thats exactly the same across the two machines.
>>> Aaron
>>
>> I find the best way to deal with this kind of problem is some
>> elementary research. I started with Google:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&q=vsftpd+421
>>
>> The first Search Result might help you immensely.
>>
> 
> Yep its SELinux !
> 
> Are there any rule files for this I can just load ?
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
What AVC messages are you getting in /var/log/audit/audit.log?
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