Centos 5.4 - ls command not showing files on ftp server

Question

I have installed ftp and vsftpd on my CentOS 5.4 through yum install ftp and yum install vsftpd. I have also created one ftp user with adduser ftpuser command.

And here comes my problem.

[root@localhost ~]# ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (localhost:root): ftpuser
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls
227 Entering Passive Mode (127,0,0,1,103,134)
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Directory send OK.
ftp>

Once after I login to my ftp server with ftp localhost command and try to see the files with ls command it is not showing any.

P.S: vsftpd service is running and I have placed some files in my ftp folder also. I have seen people asking the same question on various blogs but no where I got the answer. Please help me.

There aren't any files. Why would you expect to see something that doesn't exist? — Michael Hampton, Jul 26 '13 at 06:28
Did you create any files/directories in ftpusers's home directory ? — user9517, Jul 26 '13 at 06:39
@Michael Hampton Please read last two lines in my question. I have created files in my ftp directory. If I go to /home/ftpuser I can see my files. — Bay Emmar, Jul 27 '13 at 05:42

Falcon Momot · Answer 1 · 2013-07-26T07:20:45.307

This will happen if there are no files that FTP can see (if memory serves, vsFTPd honours the convention of not showing files beginning with .; you can get around this by specifying ls -a). The working directory may not be what you expect.

Use the pwd command to determine the working directory, and verify that there are files in there. Consider uploading a file and checking that it shows up afterward (it will).

Centos 5.4 - ls command not showing files on ftp server

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