vsftpd - 2.0.5-r1

[Scott Ruckh]

I am running vsftpd - 2.0.5-r1 on an NSLU2 running SlugOS/BE.

I am trying to establish an FTP/s connection but get this error:

SSL: ssl_enable is set but SSL support not compiled in

I am using the vsftpd (from the optional repository).

Is SSL support not compiled into vsftpd?  If yes, is there a reason why not to
add SSL support?  It kind of defeats the "s" in vs.

If SSL support is compiled in, then I will go back and check my configs.  If
it is not compiled in can I get SSL support compiled in for future builds and
added to the repository.

Thanks.

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[lexj1]

--- In nslu2-linux@..., "Scott Ruckh" <sruckh@...> wrote:

>
> I am running vsftpd - 2.0.5-r1 on an NSLU2 running SlugOS/BE.
>
> I am trying to establish an FTP/s connection but get this error:
>
> SSL: ssl_enable is set but SSL support not compiled in
>
> I am using the vsftpd (from the optional repository).
>
> Is SSL support not compiled into vsftpd?  If yes, is there a reason why not to
> add SSL support?  It kind of defeats the "s" in vs.
>
> If SSL support is compiled in, then I will go back and check my configs.  If
> it is not compiled in can I get SSL support compiled in for future builds and
> added to the repository.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
>

Having just installed vsftpd a few days ago, I checked to see if it was compiled with SSL and it is definitely not.  I can't think of any reason not to include SSL support other than file size, but then I am not one of the developers.  I am sure that they had their reasons for not including it.
 

[brian_zhou]

--- In nslu2-linux@..., "lexj1" <lexj@...> wrote:
>
> >
> Having just installed vsftpd a few days ago, I checked to see if it was compiled with SSL and it is definitely not.  I can't think of any reason not to include SSL support other than file size, but then I am not one of the developers.  I am sure that they had their reasons for not including it.
>

In vsftpd README.ssl, "By default, SSL support is disabled both at compile time and at runtime.". It also seems quite cautious against including SSL.

With that said, I've compiled SSL support in optware vsftpd 2.1.2 on platforms where openssl version is 0.9.8 and above.

-Brian

[Scott Ruckh]

This is what you said Brian Zhou
>
> In vsftpd README.ssl, "By default, SSL support is disabled both at compile
> time and at runtime.". It also seems quite cautious against including SSL.

Weird as it is compiled in on every Linux distro I have used (Red Hat, Debian,
Suse, Gentoo, etc...).

>
> With that said, I've compiled SSL support in optware vsftpd 2.1.2 on platforms
> where openssl version is 0.9.8 and above.

I am still getting the same error with the 2.1.2 version.  I will go back and
check my openssl version.

Thank you for your time and your help, it is much appreciated.

[Scott Ruckh]

This is what you said Brian Zhou
> --- In nslu2-linux@..., "lexj1" <lexj@...> wrote:

> With that said, I've compiled SSL support in optware vsftpd 2.1.2 on platforms
> where openssl version is 0.9.8 and above.
>
Apparently SlugOS 4.8/BE is not one of the platforms where openssl-0.9.8 is
available?  It looks like I am running version 0.9.7m-5, which it the latest
from the repositories.

[Scott Ruckh]

This is what you said Brian Zhou
> With that said, I've compiled SSL support in optware vsftpd 2.1.2 on platforms
> where openssl version is 0.9.8 and above.

Any chance openssl package on SlugOS 4.8/BE is going to get updated to 0.9.8 ?

[Mike Westerhof (mwester)]

Scott Ruckh wrote:

> Any chance openssl package on SlugOS 4.8/BE is going to get updated to 0.9.8 ?

SlugOS 5.3-beta feeds should be at 0.9.8j; there is no plan to go back
and update the 4.8 feeds at this time.  If you must have 0.9.8j on
SlugOS 4.8, you'll need to set up a dev environment.


Mike (mwester)

[Scott Ruckh]

This is what you said Mike Westerhof (mwester)
> Scott Ruckh wrote:
>
>> Any chance openssl package on SlugOS 4.8/BE is going to get updated to 0.9.8
>> ?
>
> SlugOS 5.3-beta feeds should be at 0.9.8j; there is no plan to go back
> and update the 4.8 feeds at this time.  If you must have 0.9.8j on
> SlugOS 4.8, you'll need to set up a dev environment.

Ok, thanks for the update.

I am not sure I am ready to move to 5.3.  I will set up a 4.8 environment and
work from there first.

Thanks for your help.