ftp: connect :Connection refused

I have got an IP address from BandwagonHOST, and created a user with root privilege:

root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
shaw ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

installed vsftpd:

sudo apt-get install vsftpd
sudo ufw status
Status:inactive

copied /etc/vsftpd.conffrom /etc/vsftpd.orig and configued it like the following:

anonymous_enable=NO# Example config file /etc/vsftpd.conf
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
check_shell=NO
local_umask=000
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
ftpd_banner=You made it!
xferlog_std_format=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
listen=NO
seccomp_sandbox=NO
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.userlist
userlist_deny=NO
listen_ipv4=YES

then I tried to test it and got this:

root@ubuntu:/# cat /etc/vsftpd.userlist
shaw
root@ubuntu:/# su - shaw
shaw@ubuntu:~$ ftp 172.93.34.44
ftp: connect: Connection refused
ftp>

Any help will be appreciated.

The following is edited content:

I did miss the command service vsftpd start, and after that , got another problem:

initctl: Unable to connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket
/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
vsftpd: unrecognized service.

And the command sudo service status gave me the information vsftpd stop/waiting

Thank u for helping me.

1 Answer

I finally found a way to solve my problem.That was reinstalling vsftpd,and directly ran the service instead of after configuring.And it turned out that the /etc/vsftpd.conffile was the point.So I just added what I needed and tested vsftpd service after every adding action.