FTP error "530 Login authentication failed"

Question

When I try to connect to my ftp server through firefox or IE I got this message: ``` 530 Login authentication failed ``` Why I get this message? User name and password are correct. Are their any requirements that I need to do on the local machine before log into the ftp server? I used `ftp://example.com` to log in.

Accepted Answer

You need to make some changes in `/etc/vsftpd.conf`, particularly you need to set

```
pam_service_name=ftp
```

If you want to set access by default for the `/var/www` directory for local users you can do that with

```
local_root=/var/www
```

If you require a different directory you need to change `/var/www`. After making changes to `/etc/vsftpd.conf` you need to restart the vsftpd server with

```
sudo service vsftpd restart
```

FTP error "530 Login authentication failed"

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