[KLUG Members] Wu-ftpd problems

[Bruce Smith]

> I have a Linux 7.2 box that I have been using as a broadband router to my
> LAN. When I set this box up I did a minimal install and installed it in
> paranoid mode.
> 
> Now I want to use it as a web server. I set everything up okay but for some
> reason I cannot log into ftp ... it continuously tells me that login is
> incorrect.  I modified the /etc/ftpaccess to include my user as an allowed
> user-id ( allow-uid MyUser ) and I removed my user from the ftpusers file,
> with no success at all.

 >

> I installed wu-ftpd-2.6.1-16.i386.rpm and


You should upgrade to the latest errata version from Redhat!!!

There is a major security hole in older versions of wu-ftpd
(like you are running) that will allow people to hack your PC!

> I'm also using xinetd (wu-ftpd is enabled)


On the install, did you configure a firewall (medium or high)
and forget to check the "ftp" box to allow incoming connections?

Test it by trying to telnet into port 21.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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