Comments on Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And MySQL On Ubuntu 12.10

Vsftpd is one of the most secure and fastest FTP servers for Linux. Usually vsftpd is configured to work with system users. This document describes how to install a vsftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine.

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By: Eric
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I followed your instructions, but when I attempt to FTP to the server, it does this;
 
Connected to myDomain.com.
220 (vsFTPd 2.3.5)
331 Please specify the password.
Password: <secret>
530 Login incorrect.
ftp: Login failed
ftp: Can't connect or login to host `myDomain.com'
221 Goodby 
  
This is a fresh Ubuntu Install without any IPTABLES, etc., so not exactly certain what is going on.  Also, I would point out that in step 2 of your instructions, the actual MySQL windows/prompts are different then the ones you have listed... there are a handful of decisions that need to be made(LDAP, etc.) that are not listed/shown on your instructions.
 
Thanks,
 
Eric