vsftpd status failed

[MCarr]

Hello All,

I have installed vsftpd on my linux mint web server, but can not get the service to run. does anyone no a resolution to this problem if so your help would be appreciated.

Kind regards





Marlon Carr

 

[dos2unix]

What is the error?

 

[MCarr]

Hello dos2unix,

How are you,

After checking status of vsftpd service in the command line i get loaded service enabled

Active: failed

(code=exited, status=2)

both of these show up red

vsftpd.service: failed with result 'exit-code'.

are you familiar whit this ?



Marlon Carr

 

[MCarr]

Hello dos2unix,

I have checked to see if the ports are listening
I have enabled ports on UFW

but can't get the service to start running





Marlon Carr

 

[dos2unix]

How are you checking from the command line?

systemctl status vsftp

or

journalctl -u vsftp

Are there errors in the log files?

 

[MCarr]

sudo service vsftpd status

 

[MCarr]

Hello dos2uinx,

Where are the log files ?





Marlon Carr

 

[dos2unix]

add a dash L

systemctl status -l vsftp

and paste the entire output here.
Also check journalctl errors and log files.

paste errors here.
If we can't see any errors, we can't help.

 

[MCarr]

Do you have to be in root ?

 

[MCarr]

Hello dos2unix,

How do you check log files.

 

[dos2unix]

Usually /var/log/xferlog

But it depends on your distro. I don't use Mint, so it may be different.

 

[dos2unix]

Do you have to be in root ?

Yes, or have sudo.

What is output of...

systemctl cat vsftpd | grep vsftpd.conf
For me... it looks like this...

ExecStart=/usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

This will tell you where your conf file is.
Then you can run...

cat /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf | grep log
(change the location to wherever your conf file is).

... and that will tell you where your log files are.

 

[MCarr]

Hello dos2unix,

What log files do I need to find, I will see if I can find them then and i'll make a post.





Marlon Carr

 

[MCarr]

Hello dos2unix,

I have attached a print out of the vsftpd status.

kind regards





Marlon Carr

 

[MCarr]

dos2unix,

Thnaks for the help, i'll try again tommorw.

Kind regards,





Marlon Carr