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ahuigo
ahuigo

Reputation: 3331

500 OOPS: cannot open config file:/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

I don't know why it cannot open config file.

$ ll /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 xuehui1 root 4182 Aug 20  2012 /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf //exits
$ sudo /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
500 OOPS: cannot open config file:/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Here is vsftpd.conf,and it works well other linux machines(centos) but this one?Any help would be appreciated..

# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=NO
#
# 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
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
#
# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format
xferlog_std_format=YES
#
chroot_local_user=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
#enable for standalone mode
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
use_localtime=YES

Upvotes: 12

Views: 57048

Answers (9)

Max S.
Max S.

Reputation: 1461

This worked for me:

sudo systemctl restart vsftpd.service

Upvotes: 0

harperville
harperville

Reputation: 7639

On macOS, a freshly installed vsftpd process fails with that message. I have to tell it where my config file is:

$ sudo vsftpd/3.0.3/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd.conf & [1] 5735

Upvotes: 0

Ankit Raj
Ankit Raj

Reputation: 1014

You are probably getting this error because of xinetd ftp is running.

The procedure mentioned below will resolve the following errors:

  • vsftpd Error : 500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket
  • ncftpget Error : Server hangup immediately after connect

Follow the procedure mentioned below to rectify the error:

  1. To View which ftp service is running use

    • $ lsof -i | grep ftp

  2. To stop xinetd :

    • $ sudo service xinetd stop

  3. After stoping xinetd restart your vsftpd service by typing :

    • $ /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart (Become root and run this command)

  4. Also check the vsftpd.conf with this one

    • listen=YES

    • local_enable=YES

    • write_enable=YES

    • local_umask=022

    • dirmessage_enable=YES

    • use_localtime=YES

    • xferlog_enable=YES

    • secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty

    • pam_service_name=vsftpd

    • rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem

Upvotes: 1

Marcel Zebrowski
Marcel Zebrowski

Reputation: 311

My solution was to start vsftpd with the systemctl command.

sudo systemctl start vsftpd

Upvotes: 4

Goper Leo Zosa
Goper Leo Zosa

Reputation: 1283

I did this 

sudo dpkg-reconfigure vsftpd

Upvotes: -1

goodies
goodies

Reputation: 543

Use service vsftpd [start/restart/stop], not simply vsftpd [start/restart/stop]

Upvotes: 9

mdxprograms
mdxprograms

Reputation: 469

This did the trick for me

sudo restart vsftpd

Upvotes: 0

John
John

Reputation: 788

Depending on the OS, you may get the following error because of the incorrect command being run. For example, I ran the following command in Linux Mint 15: 

sudo vsftpd restart

The output I received was:

500 OOPS: cannot read config file: restart

The correct command to restart vsftpd daemon was:

sudo restart vsftpd

This gave the output:

vsftpd start/running, process 2231

Upvotes: 7

ahuigo
ahuigo

Reputation: 3331

It is problem about file's owner. U should set correct owner for config /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

sudo chown root /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Upvotes: 11

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