HOWTO Setup vsftpd: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:55, 6 March 2008

First, get the latest version in your portage tree:

server / # emerge --sync

Install vstfpd:

server / # emerge -v vsftpd

Copy the example configuration file as your template:

server / # cp /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf.example /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Edit the configuration file with these additional switches:

server / # 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

tcp_wrappers=YES

data_connection_timeout=120

userlist_enable=YES

userlist_deny=NO

server / # vi /etc/vsftpd/user_list

rc-update vsftpd add default server / # vi /etc/vsftpd/user_list

/etc/init.d/vsftpd start server / # vi /etc/vsftpd/user_list

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

grep -vE "^#" /etc/vsftpd/*

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   <font color=red>server / #</font> <font color=blue>emerge --sync</font>
 Install vstfpd:
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   <font color=red>server / #</font> <font color=blue>emerge -v vsftpd</font>
+Copy the example configuration file as your template:
-cp /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf.example /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
+  <font color=red>server / #</font> <font color=blue>cp /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf.example /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf</font>
-  <font color=red>server / #</font> <font color=blue>cp /etc/vsftpd/user_list</font>
-vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
+Edit the configuration file with these additional switches:
-  <font color=red>server / # vi</font> <font color=blue>/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf</font>
+  <font color=red>server / #</font> <font color=blue>vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf</font>