[CentOS] VSFTPD problem ?

[denis at croombs.org]

> On 29/08/06, denis at croombs.org <denis at croombs.org> wrote:
>> > Are the contents of /etc/shells the same on each server? Do the
>> > default shells specified in /etc/passwd for the user match on each
>> > server? And as everyone else pointed out, is there anything in
>> > /var/log/secure or /var/log/messages ?
>> >
>> Yes I have restarted it after each change to the conf file.
>> The shell for both is the same and the user can ssh onto both machines
>> and
>> on both systems can get to the home directory first time with no errors.
>> No errors in ANY logs, which is why it is blowing my mind, the 1st
>> server
>> just worked, and this second 1 is just driving me up the wall.
>
> Just to verify, have you checked /etc/shells on each server too? Oh,
> might be worth checking /etc/nsswitch.conf too to ensure the user
> auth's local in both cases.
>
> If so and it's looking OK then I'd probably start the daemon manually
> under strace on each system and compare what that shows on login.
>
> Something like the following may be a good place to start:
>
> [root at willspc ~]# strace -f /usr/sbin/vsftpd 2>&1 | grep read
>
Hi Will

Thanks, I will try the strace later tonight.
Yes I have checked the /etc/shells, but not the /etc/nsswitch.conf so
again I will check that in a little while.

Thanks again
Denis