ispconfig pure-ftpd-mysql : 530 Login authentication failed

ispconfig pure-ftpd-mysql error:

Response:    530 Login authentication failed
Error:    Critical error: Could not connect to server

Solution.

First reset the password, and try to login again.
if connected, Enjoy,

If not connected, check this file

$ vi /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf

Sample content:-

##############################################
#                                            #
# Sample Pure-FTPd Mysql configuration file. #
# See README.MySQL for explanations.         #
#                                            #
##############################################
# Optional : MySQL server name or IP. Don't define this for unix sockets.

MYSQLServer     127.0.0.1

# Optional : MySQL port. Don't define this if a local unix socket is used.

# MYSQLPort       3306

# Optional : define the location of mysql.sock if the server runs on this host.

# MYSQLSocket      /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

# Mandatory : user to bind the server as.

MYSQLUser       ispconfig

# Mandatory : user password. You must have a password.

MYSQLPassword   User:ispconfigPassword:

# Mandatory : database to open.

MYSQLDatabase   dbispconfig

# Mandatory : how passwords are stored
# Valid values are : "cleartext", "crypt", "md5" and "password"
# ("password" = MySQL password() function)
# You can also use "any" to try "crypt", "md5" *and* "password"

MYSQLCrypt      crypt

# In the following directives, parts of the strings are replaced at
# run-time before performing queries :
#
# \L is replaced by the login of the user trying to authenticate.
# \I is replaced by the IP address the user connected to.
# \P is replaced by the port number the user connected to.
# \R is replaced by the IP address the user connected from.
# \D is replaced by the remote IP address, as a long decimal number.
#
# Very complex queries can be performed using these substitution strings,
# especially for virtual hosting.

# Query to execute in order to fetch the password

MYSQLGetPW      SELECT password FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())

# Query to execute in order to fetch the system user name or uid

MYSQLGetUID     SELECT uid FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())

# Optional : default UID - if set this overrides MYSQLGetUID

#MYSQLDefaultUID 1000

# Query to execute in order to fetch the system user group or gid

MYSQLGetGID     SELECT gid FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())

# Optional : default GID - if set this overrides MYSQLGetGID

#MYSQLDefaultGID 1000

# Query to execute in order to fetch the home directory

MYSQLGetDir     SELECT dir FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())

# Optional : query to get the maximal number of files
# Pure-FTPd must have been compiled with virtual quotas support.

MySQLGetQTAFS  SELECT quota_files FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND quota_files != '-1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())

# Optional : query to get the maximal disk usage (virtual quotas)
# The number should be in Megabytes.
# Pure-FTPd must have been compiled with virtual quotas support.

MySQLGetQTASZ  SELECT quota_size FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND quota_size != '-1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())
# Optional : ratios. The server has to be compiled with ratio support.

MySQLGetRatioUL SELECT ul_ratio FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND ul_ratio != '-1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())
MySQLGetRatioDL SELECT dl_ratio FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND dl_ratio != '-1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())

# Optional : bandwidth throttling.
# The server has to be compiled with throttling support.
# Values are in KB/s .

MySQLGetBandwidthUL SELECT ul_bandwidth FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND ul_bandwidth != '-1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())
MySQLGetBandwidthDL SELECT dl_bandwidth FROM ftp_user WHERE active = 'y' AND server_id = '1' AND dl_bandwidth != '-1' AND username="\L" AND (expires IS NULL OR expires="0000-00-00 00:00:00" OR expires > NOW())

# Enable ~ expansion. NEVER ENABLE THIS BLINDLY UNLESS :
# 1) You know what you are doing.
# 2) Real and virtual users match.

# MySQLForceTildeExpansion 1

# If you upgraded your tables to transactionnal tables (Gemini,
# BerkeleyDB, Innobase...), you can enable SQL transactions to
# avoid races. Leave this commented if you are using the
# traditionnal MyIsam databases or old (< 3.23.x) MySQL versions.

MySQLTransactions On

To check your ispconfig user password:
use this command in terminal:

$ grep db_password  /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/lib/config.inc.php










Enjoy!..