HOWTO Setup vsftpd: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:29, 19 December 2007

emerge --sync

emerge -v vsftpd

cp /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf.example /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

file_open_mode=0666

local_umask=0022

virtual_use_local_privs=YES

anonymous_enable=NO

local_enable=YES

write_enable=YES

idle_session_timeout=600

ascii_upload_enable=NO

ascii_download_enable=NO

data_connection_timeout=120

rc-update vsftpd add default

/etc/init.d/vsftpd start

To set up a user(s) to have FTP access to a web directory

vi /etc/passwd

UserName:x:1001:1002::/var/www/www.web.iat.sfu.ca/:/bin/bash

groupadd ftpaccess

usermod -g ftpaccess UserName

chmod -R 775 www.web.iat.sfu.ca/

chgrp -R ftpaccess www.web.iat.sfu.ca/

/etc/init.d/apache stop start

/etc/init.d/vsftpd stop start

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-CD to /home/<user> and create a symbolic link to /var/www as this is the public html folder.
-ln -s /var/www www
-change ownership /var/www to user
+'''To set up a user(s) to have FTP access to a web directory'''
-chown -R <user> /var/www
-Change to 755 permissions
+vi /etc/passwd
-chmod -R 755 /var/www
+UserName:x:1001:1002::/var/www/www.web.iat.sfu.ca/:/bin/bash
+groupadd ftpaccess
+usermod -g ftpaccess UserName
+chmod -R 775 www.web.iat.sfu.ca/
+chgrp -R ftpaccess www.web.iat.sfu.ca/
+/etc/init.d/apache stop start
+/etc/init.d/vsftpd stop start