vsftpd: cannot locate user specified in 'ftp_username':ftp
Issue
- After installing the vsftpd package the ftp user is not installed in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow:
vsftpd: cannot locate user specified in 'ftp_username':ftp
- Installing vsftpd rpm (rpm -uvh or yum install (no gpgcheck)) with no errors. Attempting to connect, '500, oops' error and /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow shows no ftp user has been created.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,6,7,8
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