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- warning: unable to determine IP address of wrt160nl
- error: no valid servers configured
- Fatal: error proccessing configuration files /etc/proftpd.conf

cat /etc/passwd

root:!:0:0:root:/root:/bin/ash
nobody:*:65534:65534:nobody:/var:/bin/false
daemon:*:65534:65534:daemon:/var:/bin/false
ftp:x:55:55:ftp:/home/ftp:/bin/ash

cat /etc/group

root:x:0:
nogroup:x:65534:
ftp:x:55:

cat /etc/proftpd.conf

# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use.  It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login.  It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.

ServerName            "ProFTPD Default Installation"
ServerType            standalone
DefaultServer            on

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port                21

# Don't use IPv6 support by default.
#UseIPv6                off

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask                022

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd).
MaxInstances            30

# Set the user and group under which the server will run.
User                nobody
Group                nogroup

# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
#DefaultRoot ~

# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
AllowOverwrite        on

# Bar use of SITE CHMOD by default
<Limit SITE_CHMOD>
  DenyAll
</Limit>

# A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories.  If you do not
# want anonymous users, simply delete this entire <Anonymous> section.
<Anonymous /mnt/temp>
  User                ftp
  Group                ftp

  # We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp"
  UserAlias            anonymous ftp

  # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
  MaxClients            10

  # We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed
  # in each newly chdired directory.
  DisplayLogin            welcome.msg
  DisplayChdir            .message

  # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
  <Limit WRITE>
    DenyAll
  </Limit>
</Anonymous>

Hi,

I had the same problem, I solved it by adding "DefaultAddress  127.0.0.1" to my proftpd.conf file.
Hope it fixes your problem as well!

/Linus

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