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We just upgraded Ubuntu Server 10.10 to 11.04. After this upgrade, it seems Vsftpd with pam_userdb logins no longer work. I was investigating this and it seems /lib/security/pam_userdb.so is missing.

This is very strange, and even if I do sudo apt-get install --reinstall libpam-modules it is still missing.

Any idea what is going on? Is this a known bug or is there something wrong on our end?

P.S. Vsftpd with userdb logins was working fine with at least 3 previous versions of Ubuntu, now this 11.04 upgrade seems to have broken it.

Caleb
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packages.u.c tells us that pam_userdb.so exists in libpam-modules in architecture dependent paths. As a quick workaround, you can install a compatibility symlink:

ln -s /lib/*-linux-gnu/security/pam_userdb.so /lib/security/pam_userdb.so

To solve the problem for real, you need to determine why vsftpd/pam uses the wrong path to lookup the modules. Check for non-upgraded packages or hung processes first. Since all modules in libpam-modules are located in the arch-specific directory I would point to vsftpd in the first place, since other parts of your system seem to work fine with the new location.

P.S.: Don't forget to remove the symlink if you don't need it anymore.

David Schmitt
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  • Thanks for the reply! pam_userdb.so indeed exists in /lib/i386-linux-gnu/security/pam_userdb.so. It would have been a good idea to update /etc/pam.d/vsftpd to look the pam_userdb.so in that location. But I actually migrated logins to libpam-pwdfile format. I was in a bit hurry to get ftp logins up and running, so I did a quick login credential backend migration. – Andr May 02 '11 at 13:55
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THanks for the help!!! it works for me when i change the path of the pam_userdb.so file in

/etc/pam.d/vsftpd from /lib/security/pam_userdb.so

to /lib/i386-linux-gnu/security/pam_userdb.so

it works fine whit the current users, but the only detail is when i try to create new virtual users, vsftpd don't recognize them

do you have a solution for this?

thanks

Marciano_H_U
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