Bug 1140078

Summary:	pure-ftpd: pam_listfile(pure-ftpd:auth): Couldn't open /etc/ftpusers
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora EPEL	Reporter:	Robert Scheck <redhat-bugzilla>
Component:	pure-ftpd	Assignee:	Orphan Owner <extras-orphan>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	epel7	CC:	gregswift, mi, robert.scheck
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Description Robert Scheck 2014-09-10 09:31:07 UTC

Description of problem:
Even /etc/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.conf has "UseFtpUsers no" set, the following
appears on every FTP connection in /var/log/secure:

Sep 10 11:24:02 tux pure-ftpd: pam_listfile(pure-ftpd:auth): Couldn't open /etc/ftpusers
Sep 10 11:24:02 tux pure-ftpd: pam_unix(pure-ftpd:session): session opened for user example by (uid=0)
Sep 10 11:24:02 tux pure-ftpd: pam_unix(pure-ftpd:session): session closed for user example

Digging more into this seems to come from /etc/pam.d/pure-ftpd which says:

auth required pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny file=/etc/ftpusers onerr=succeed

But can't PAM fail quiet? Or should that file be shipped somehow?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pure-ftpd-1.0.36-6.el7

How reproducible:
Everytime, see above.

Actual results:
Error message on each FTP connection.

Expected results:
No error message on each FTP connection.

Additional info:
Workaround: touch /etc/ftpusers

Comment 1 Greg Swift 2014-09-12 14:30:18 UTC

Currently the package proftpd provides /etc/ftpusers.  I don't think you should have to have both packages installed, but i'm not sure if we should start providing a conflicting package. they are simultaneously installable at the moment.

As for making pam fail quietly, you can append quiet to the pam.d/pure-ftpd line, and that should silence the error.

I don't know if that makes sense to be a default though.

Comment 2 Robert Scheck 2014-09-12 14:32:02 UTC

Do packages conflict each other if the file is marked as %config(noreplace)
in both packages?

Comment 3 Greg Swift 2014-09-13 03:06:06 UTC

I had never thought to test that.

Comment 4 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2022-11-29 00:30:30 UTC

This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.

Comment 5 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2024-05-17 00:26:00 UTC

This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.

Comment 6 Troy Dawson 2024-07-08 22:03:31 UTC

EPEL 7 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2024-06-30.\n\nEPEL 7 is no longer maintained, which means that it\nwill not receive any further security or bug fix updates.\n As a result we are closing this bug.