10-24-2022, 06:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2022, 09:51 AM by Kris_Perry.)
Just received my LeapPad 3 in the post today, Fired up LeapPad Manager and sucessfully transferred a few games across (More to ensure the Pad 3 will play the custom Pad 2 games.)
I've enabled Dev mode and foolishly forgot to disconnect from WiFi (Bye dev mode toggle app) which is not a problem, i'll just ftp in and remove flags/developer...
except:
Status: Connecting to 192.168.0.111:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status: Insecure server, it does not support FTP over TLS.
Command: USER anonymous
Response: 331 Please specify the password.
Command: PASS *********************
Response: 500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()
Error: Critical error: Could not connect to server
A quick search reveals:
The error can occur when you've just installed vsftpd on a Linux server and trying to FTP to it.
This is caused by the fact that the directory of the user you’re connecting to, is write-enabled. In normal chroot() situations, the parent directory needs to be read-only.
This means for most situations of useradd, which will create a home directory owned and writeable by the user, the above error of “vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()” will be shown.
To fix this, modify the configuration as such.
$ cat /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
...
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
If that parameter is missing, just add it to the bottom of the config. Next, restart vsftpd.
$ service vsftpd restart
After that, FTP should run smoothly again.
Alternatively: please consider using sFTP (FTP over SSH) or FTPs (FTP via TLS) with a modified, non-writeable, chroot.
Now i know i can Shell in and send these commands via PUTTY but.. i wondered if I could use the send command function of LeapPad Manager (however the send button is disabled)
Update: I ended up removing the Dev flag by performing a firmware update (I received a nag screen on every boot)
I then stopped trying to FTP as I've been managing with Leappad Manager(pun fully intended)
Just toggled Dev Mode on the Leappad and got FTP access instantly working.
One thing to note: If your usual Internet is on a different subset (E.G: my ethernet uses 192.168.1.X) you may need to disconnect from your usual Internet before you can get FTP access.
I've enabled Dev mode and foolishly forgot to disconnect from WiFi (Bye dev mode toggle app) which is not a problem, i'll just ftp in and remove flags/developer...
except:
Status: Connecting to 192.168.0.111:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status: Insecure server, it does not support FTP over TLS.
Command: USER anonymous
Response: 331 Please specify the password.
Command: PASS *********************
Response: 500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()
Error: Critical error: Could not connect to server
A quick search reveals:
The error can occur when you've just installed vsftpd on a Linux server and trying to FTP to it.
This is caused by the fact that the directory of the user you’re connecting to, is write-enabled. In normal chroot() situations, the parent directory needs to be read-only.
This means for most situations of useradd, which will create a home directory owned and writeable by the user, the above error of “vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()” will be shown.
To fix this, modify the configuration as such.
$ cat /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
...
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
If that parameter is missing, just add it to the bottom of the config. Next, restart vsftpd.
$ service vsftpd restart
After that, FTP should run smoothly again.
Alternatively: please consider using sFTP (FTP over SSH) or FTPs (FTP via TLS) with a modified, non-writeable, chroot.
Now i know i can Shell in and send these commands via PUTTY but.. i wondered if I could use the send command function of LeapPad Manager (however the send button is disabled)
Update: I ended up removing the Dev flag by performing a firmware update (I received a nag screen on every boot)
I then stopped trying to FTP as I've been managing with Leappad Manager(pun fully intended)
Just toggled Dev Mode on the Leappad and got FTP access instantly working.
One thing to note: If your usual Internet is on a different subset (E.G: my ethernet uses 192.168.1.X) you may need to disconnect from your usual Internet before you can get FTP access.