Authentication failure for FTP server

Question

I followed this link to install ftp server.

And also added ftp user(ftpuser) and also added ftp password(1234567).

But when I am using this password in any wordpress site or any ftp software such as FileZilla it is showing 530 Login incorrect

vsftpd file

listen=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
write_enable=YES
local_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

you should use adduser instead of useradd see this question — Kiwy, Mar 24 '14 at 12:42
But that doesn't solve my problem. And that answer is posted by me only. — Shoaib Chikate, Mar 24 '14 at 13:38
@ShoaibChikate - you posted an identical A to this Q and the one that Kiwy mentioned and this solution doesn't solve the problem here or there? Then why did you post either of them? — slm, Mar 24 '14 at 15:22
The solution which I posted solves my problem and surely it will solve the problem there too. It is one of the possible solution. In my case I found this solution. — Shoaib Chikate, Mar 25 '14 at 05:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 24 '14 at 13:18

Back up the config file before making a change;

sudo cp /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf.back

and then edit vsftpd.conf (with vi or nano)

nano /etc/vsftpd.conf

Then make the following change

pam_service_name=ftp

Save your change and restart the ftp server (if you use nano hit CTRL+O & enter to save then CTRL+X to exit)

sudo service vsftpd restart

Authentication failure for FTP server

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