How to fix “530 permission denied” in VSFTPD?

Fix “530 permission denied” in VSFTPD. Vsftpd is a server which provide many web hosting site and it is installed by default. Web hosting site has full control of VSFTD server but what about for normal user?

Fix “530 permission denied” in VSFTPD

If you are trying to access VSFTD server, you will get this below error:

# service vsftpd status
vsftpd (pid 5806) is running...
# ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (localhost:oracle): user
530 Permission denied.
Login failed.

You will get this error immediately if the parameter is set with Yes options in userlist_deny and userlist_enable in the path /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file.

If you get “530 permission denied” it does not ask you to enter password.

In this case your old and new password is the not solution for 530 error. Now check userlist_enable parameter Yes is present or not. If this option is present then it will automatically loads the username to the file /etc/vsftpd/userlist_file.

If you try to login providing username and password or other method it will not work and it will show denied error immediately. It means you do not have permission to enter password in the nest steps, now put No option in the  conf file like below.

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Follow these steps one bye one:

Step #1 : Put these below options in the /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file.

# vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_deny=NO

Step #2 : Now add the username in the file “/etc/vsftpd/user_list“.

# cat /etc/vsftpd/user_list
username1

Step #3 : Add the users who are not allowed to access ftp server editing “/etc/vsftpd/ftpusers“.

# cat /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
# Users that are not allowed to login via ftp
root
bin
daemon
adm
lp
sync
shutdown
halt
news
mail
uucp
games
operator

Step #4 : Lets start vsftpd using below command:

# service vsftpd restart

Step #5: Now lets try to access ftp:

$ ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (localhost:root): username1
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>

Step #6: You will get this below error if you try to access ftp with different users:

# ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (localhost:root): root
530 Permission denied.
Login failed.
ftp>

Thanks hope this tutorial will help you to solve 530 Permission Denied error.