[CentOS] proftpd can't login locally

Sat Aug 13 15:03:06 UTC 2011
Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org>

> I am trying to setup very simple authentication for proftpd under centos 
> 5.6. But for some reason it isn't working and I was hoping to get some 
> advice into how to resolve the issue.

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What about SELinux?  Is it enabled?  If so, are there any messages in 
/var/log/audit/audit.log

What do you see in /var/log/secure?

Can this user log in through ssh/any other service?

Barry