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aoakeley's avatar
aoakeley
Aspirant
Oct 14, 2011

FTP bug? - can anonymous FTP when user mode selected

Hi,

I hope I am overlooking something here but I don't think so....

ReadyNas NV+ RAIDiator 4.1.8

I have FTP set for "Authentication: USER" (Standard File Protocols - FTP) but I can authenticate as anonymous FTP (see below).
I have stopped and restarted the FTP Service and rebooted the device.

Can anyone else replicate this?

C:\windows\system32>ftp nas2
Connected to nas2.
220 ProFTPD 1.3.3c Server (NETGEAR ReadyNAS) [XX.XX.XX.XX]
User (nas2:(none)): anonymous
331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password
Password:
230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
PUBLIC
226 Transfer complete
ftp: 8 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 2.00Kbytes/sec.
ftp>

Thanks

Andrew

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    I get the following when I try this with my duo (also running 4.1.8). This is using filezilla

    Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
    Response: 220 ProFTPD 1.3.3c Server (NETGEAR ReadyNAS) [192.168.1.10]
    Command: USER anonymous
    Response: 331 Password required for anonymous
    Command: PASS **************
    Response: 530 Login incorrect.
    Error: Critical error
    Error: Could not connect to server
  • ewok's avatar
    ewok
    NETGEAR Expert
    Try switching to Anonymous mode, saving, then switching back to User mode. This should reset to config files.
  • Hi,

    Done that a few times.

    When I have time I'll enable SSH and see what's going on.

    I will also test on another nv+ next week.

    Ta
  • ewok's avatar
    ewok
    NETGEAR Expert
    Feel free to send me a config backup if you'd like me to take a look. You can use the instructions for sending logs in my sig.
  • I sent the logs a while ago. But have also since enabled SSH and had a look at what is happening.
    When Anonymous is selected the following is in the proftpd.conf
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/ftps.conf
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/Anonymous.conf
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/User.conf

    When user is selected it changes to the following
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/ftps.conf
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/Anonymous.conf

    So instead of replacing the "Anonymous" line with "users" is seems to just be adding and removing the "users" line, thus the the Anomyous config still applies.

    Anyway I have fixed it manually. Lets hope it is not happening to anyone else with a NAS attached to the internet.
  • DUP... Typed that the wrong way around

    When Users is selected the following is in the proftpd.conf
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/ftps.conf
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/Anonymous.conf
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/User.conf

    When Anonymous is selected it changes to the following
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/ftps.conf
    Include /etc/frontview/proftpd/Anonymous.conf
  • ewok's avatar
    ewok
    NETGEAR Expert
    Sorry for the late reply, but yes, it should be either User.conf or Anonymous.conf if you're in User security mode.

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