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ftp error 500 OOPS: vsf_sysutil_recv_peek while connecting to vsftpd

Recently, after configuring the vsftpd server running in CentOS 5 in several small ec2 instances as per the earlier post , I was not able to connect to vsftpd in one server from my ftp client. It throws the error:

500 OOPS: vsf_sysutil_recv_peek

The solution for this problem is to load capability module:

$ modprobe capability

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This entry was posted on Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 12:22 pm and is filed under AWS, Troubleshooting. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

6 Responses to “ftp error 500 OOPS: vsf_sysutil_recv_peek while connecting to vsftpd”

  1. Awesome. Saved me some trouble. Had this issue with vsftp on EC2.

  2. Same issue, solution helps! Thanx!!

  3. Thanks for this!
    This solution also worked for the error:
    “OOPS: cap_set_proc”

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  6. Helped me with EC2 problem. Strange that it occurred after using EC2 instance for 2 yrs w/ no change.

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