HOWTO Setup vsftpd

First, get the latest version in your portage tree:

server / # emerge --sync

Install vstfpd:

server / # emerge -v vsftpd

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

server / # cp /etc/vsftpd/user_list 

vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

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

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

Set Up User(s) For Web directory FTP Access

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

Troubleshooting Syntax

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