proftp error (ftpusers)

NodeWorx General Discussion
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Hi
since the proftp update i have been getting a lot of this in my logs, i checked and i dont have ftpusers file ?
i also checked the proftp.config and ftpusers is set to off ?
Should i create a ftpusers file and i think it contains users you dont want to use ftp, which users should be denied.
or can i disable the checking.
Thank you

pam_listfile(ftp:auth): Couldn’t open /etc/ftpusers
pam_unix(ftp:auth): check pass; user unknown
pam_unix(ftp:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser=ftp@domain.com rhost=##.##.##.##

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Hi Gary,

This error isn’t critical and can be safely ignored. It’s looking for the /etc/ftpusers file, but it’s not needed and InterWorx doesn’t use it for ftp user management at all.

Paul

3

Ok thanks, how do i disable it from looking for the ftpusers file as on some days
there are loads of the messages.
cheers
Gaz

4

Hello,

it would be nice if you find a way to disable this error, because /var/log/secure is being rotated weekly and getting more than 1 million lines of this errors every week and I think a little change in /etc/pam.d/ftp could probably solve this problem?

Kind regards,

Alex

5

Hi arusa

Many thanks, good idea

Please could I ask if you have debug set to on, if so, if you disable debug output does this then reduce the entries

Many thanks

John

6

Thanks, you are right, SysLogLevel “debug” was enabled and I changed it to “info”.