HOWTO Setup vsftpd

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

• check for the presence of home directories, which vsftp uses as default

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