Description of problem: login as root gives "530 Login incorrect." Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: login as root Steps to Reproduce: 1.login as root 2. 3. Actual results:530 Login incorrect. Expected results:successful login Additional info: [root@localhost vsftpd]# !ps ps -ef|grep -i ftp root 3641 1 0 17:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf root 3732 3552 0 17:15 pts/1 00:00:00 grep -i ftp root is in ftpusers and user_list A guy on fedoraforum.org had the identical problem and I did all the mentor told him to do! http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=124621&highlight=vsftp
Created attachment 156399 [details] vsftpd configuration file
You have to remove root from "ftpusers" list, because default vsftpd pam config also checks this file for users that are denied.