FTP Passwords - Where do I find those passwords that Centmin Mod auto-generated during

Please fill in any relevant information that applies to you:

• CentOS Version: i.e. CentOS 6 32bit or 64bit / CentOS 7 64bit ?
• Centmin Mod Version Installed: i.e. 123.08stable or 123.09beta01
• Nginx Version Installed: i.e. 1.15.3
• PHP Version Installed: i.e. 5.6.37, 7.0.31, 7.1.21, 7.2.9
• MariaDB MySQL Version Installed: i.e. 10.0.x or 10.1.xx or 10.2.xx
• When was last time updated Centmin Mod code base ? : i.e. run centmin.sh menu option 23 submenu option 2 or cmupdate command
• Persistent Config: Do you have any persistent config file options set in /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc ? You can check via this command:
  
  Code (Text):

  cat /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
  

  
  Post output in CODE tags.

 

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[14:12][root@ns543594 centminlogs]# cat /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc         cat: /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc: No such file or directory                 You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
[14:13][root@ns543594 centminlogs]#

 

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ocal/src/centminmod ~
[19:26][root@ns543594 centminmod]# cat /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
cat: /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc: No such file or directory
[19:26][root@ns543594 centminmod]#

 

REPLY : MY OUTPUT :

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[19:26][root@ns543594 centminmod]# cat /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
cat: /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc: No such file or directory
[19:26][root@ns543594 centminmod]#

 

The problem is that I do not understand your file naming structure for the correct log files, so could you please take a minute to look at the HUGE list of log files in /centminlogs which I just posted in this thread and simply cut and paste the file names of the two log files containing the FTP passwords for my two nvhost domains :
churchofparadise.net, & churchofparadise.online
and place them between {CODEB} tags for me?

 

George, you are a tech saint. This explanation is exactly what I was looking for.

¡¡¡ SOLVED !!!


Thanks again, George.
The value of your work is beyond money (although I do intend to upgrade my Centminmod Community Forum members to a Paid Premium Membership. A real super bargain !!!)

All the best,

Dane Eric; Gross
Webmaster, Real Media Networks (RMN)​

 

Thumbs up but I can't seem to edit the post so would you please (in forumadmin mode), remove that code for me?

 

This is kind of funny : I checked the logs and found out that when the script had asked me "y/n" on auto-creating an FTP password, I blindly typed " j " instead of "y", so, it appears it just did not create a password? ..

Now how can I have it auto-generate a password as though it was just being created or how can I now manually create an ftp password for the domain without first manually deleting the domain vhost data and starting all over ?

 

OK, but upon checking this, was able to simply do a

Code (Text):

pure-pw show ftp

and I then had the FTP password ( it must be an auto-generated one, because it is really secure! ), then tried to do an SFTP login with ftp as the {correct}
username, with that password output, and ( not surprisingly ) got a key mismatch error, as I have no key here locally.

Where/how can I download this key, so I can get started uploading WWW content to my Nginx public directory? I know the vhost tool creates a certificate pair upon vhost creation, but how do I download my local key?

 

So far I have done everything you've said, yet I still cannot figure out where or what my ftp password is. It is not in the log file. Here is the output of :

vi centminmod_123.09beta01.b326_211119-033324_nginx_addvhost.log
:

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^[[1;33;40m---------------------------------------------                       
^[(B^[[m                                                                       
^[[1;33;40m---------------------------------------------------------------     
^[(B^[[m^[[1;32;40mImportant Information                                       
^[(B^[[m^[[1;33;40m---------------------------------------------------------------
^[(B^[[m                                                                       
You are about to create an Nginx vhost site account with/without               
HTTPS/SSL support. Details of this process are outlined on site                 
at centminmod.com/nginx_domain_dns_setup.html. Also read the                   
continually updated Getting Started Guide for Centmin Mod usage                 
at centminmod.com/getstarted.html which covers the pure-ftpd                   
ftp username that is auto generated with the Nginx vhost site.                 
^[[1;33;40m---------------------------------------------------------------     
^[(B^[[m403 Permission denied message handling                                 
if after vhost site setup you encounter 403 permission denied errors,           
check https://community.centminmod.com/threads/7308/ to see if your             
site needs tools/autoprotect.sh tweaking/whitelisting                           
^[[1;33;40m---------------------------------------------------------------     
^[(B^[[m[ LETSENCRYPT_DETECT is not enabled ]                                   
Ignore this message if you do not want HTTPS based web site otherwise           
read below carefully.                                                           
                                                                               
Free letsencrypt SSL certificates integration is in beta testing if             
you want to obtain free letsencrypt SSL certificate for HTTPS site,             
you will need to manually enable LETSENCRYPT_DETECT='y' outlined               
at https://centminmod.com/acmetool so exit this vhost routine first             
set LETSENCRYPT_DETECT='y' and update domain DNS A record first                 
then re-run vhost site creation menu option                                     
^[[1;33;40m---------------------------------------------------------------     
^[(B^[[m                                                                       
Do you want to continue with Nginx vhost site creati^Mion ? [y/n] y             
                                                                               
Enter vhost domain name to add (without www. prefix)^M): thc-kib8^H^[[Klll^H^[[K^H
^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[Kministre^H^[[Kt.org                                 
                                                                               
Create a self-signed SSL certificate Nginx vhost? [y^My/n]: ^Gn                 
                                                                               
Create FTP username for vhost domain (enter username^Me): b                     
Auto generate FTP password (recommended) [y/n]: j                               
Create FTP password for b (enter password): n                                   
!! password strength not strong enough !!                                       
!! do not use common dictionary words !!                                       
!! do not use short passwords !!                                               
!! do not use simplistic passwords !!                                           
                                                                               
re-enter FTP password for b (enter password): j                                 
!! password strength not strong enough !!                                       
!! do not use common dictionary words !!                                       
!! do not use short passwords !!                                               
!! do not use simplistic passwords !!                                           
                                                                               
re-enter FTP password for b (enter password): vmj                               
!! password strength not strong enough !!                                       
!! do not use common dictionary words !!                                       
!! do not use short passwords !!                                               
!! do not use simplistic passwords !!                                           
                                                                               
re-enter FTP password for b (enter password): b                                 
!! password strength not strong enough !!                                       
!! do not use common dictionary words !!                                       
!! do not use short passwords !!                                               
!! do not use simplistic passwords !!

I guess I typed a j instead of a y, then an n for not creating my own FTP password.
I guess the only solution here now is to follow the instructions in the

centminmod_123.09beta01.b326_211119-033324_nginx_addvhost-remove-cmds-churchofparadise.net.log

file for removing the vhost manually, then I should use centmin.sh option 2 to re-create the vhost?
Hopefully this time there will be a cut-and-pastable FTP password in the new log file it creates.

UPDATE :
I deleted the ftp user and other vhost stuff, then Properly re-created the vhost. Sure enough, the centmin.sh script set created the user and a plain-text password which I copied. Cut and pasted all into FTPCafe (my Android FTP client) and set it to use SFTP, I then used vi to view, select, copy and paste a copy of churchofparadise.crt, .csr and .key, directed FTPCafe to use those credentials ... And instead of happily connecting as expected, instead I am getting a Socket Error.