greetings I am stuck agian, Why is it that I can only login anonymous here, when I don't want anonymous? [root@preload vsftpd]# ftp preload Connected to preload.teq.pinteq. 220 (vsFTPd 1.2.0) 530 Please login with USER and PASS. 530 Please login with USER and PASS. KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type Name (preload:root): fpct 530 This FTP server is anonymous only. Login failed. ftp> bye 221 Goodbye. [root@preload vsftpd]# here is my config files: /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log ftpd_banner=Welcome to teq.pinteq FTP service. chroot_list_enable=YES chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list pam_service_name=vsftpd /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd service ftp { socket_type = stream wait = no user = root server = /usr/sbin/vsftpd nice = 10 disable = no flags = IPv4 } and /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list fpct chadley and banned users are in vsftpd.ftpusers anonymous TIA Chad