ProFTP login horror

[Jeff Vian]

On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 15:21 -0500, kevin.j.lisciotti at jpmchase.com wrote:
> 
> Sorry for top posting but I'm stuck with Lotus Notes at
> work...anyway, 
> 
Not an excuse.  The default starts at the top but you can put text
wherever you want.  I also have notes at work.

> Do you have SELinux enabled? Depending on the context settings you
> have set in SELinux can really lock down a service. Try disabling it
> if you have it enabled. 
> 
> 
> 

> On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 14:08, Marcel Janssen wrote:
> 
> > This shows nothing, but /var/log/secure does :
> > 
> > Feb 28 21:06:04 xine proftpd[11050] xine (192.168.0.2[192.168.0.2]):
> FTP 
> > session opened.
> > Feb 28 21:06:08 xine proftpd[11050] xine
> (192.168.0.2[192.168.0.2]): 
> > PAM(marcel): Authentication failure.
> > Feb 28 21:06:08 xine proftpd[11050] xine (192.168.0.2[192.168.0.2]):
> USER 
> > marcel (Login failed): Incorrect password.
> > 
> > I (marcel) log in with the password I have on this machine, so
> really wonder 
> > why the second line gives me an authentication failure.
> 
> I haven't used proftpd for a while.  Does it have any security
> options (like not running as root or living in a chroot jail)
> that would keep it from reading your shadow password file?
> 
> And out of curiosity, why are you using it instead of vsftpd?
> 
> -- 
>  Les Mikesell
>   lesmikesell at gmail.com
> 
>