Comments on: Ubuntu Linux vsftpd ftp service / server install, configuration howto

By: Manish

Manish — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:28:17 +0000

I want to setup vsftpd server for 10 users.
5 of them should have read, write access & rest 5 should have read only access.
When they login they should be able to access only /opt/pub directory.
No access to their home directory (not required)
Please suggest.

Regards,
Manish

By: Hasan

Hasan — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:21:27 +0000

Hello,
Firstly, thank you for your time sir.

I followed your instructions, but when I attempt to ftp the server I just set up, I get the following error. I believe I am not defining what my domain is, am I correct? If so, how do I rectify this issue?

My Fedora 16 (x64) Desktop is called homepc as depicted below.

[hasan@homepc ~]$ hostname
homepc
[hasan@homepc ~]$
—————————————————-
[hasan@homepc ~]$ ftp http://ftp.homepc
Trying 8.15.7.107…
Connected to http://ftp.homepc (8.15.7.107).
Host/Domain name is invalid
ftp>

Thank you so much. Hasan

By: Samiullah Samir

Samiullah Samir — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:54:26 +0000

i am using PureFTP in ubuntu 11.10 please help me

By: Samiullah Samir

Samiullah Samir — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:52:34 +0000

when i try to connect from Filezilla its working from Public IP address to connect to my FTP server and working fine but when i try to connect from Private IP address which is NATed to the same Public IP
the connecotn to the server Established OK and it accept username and password
but when it reach to MLSD then it give the Error
MLSD
Connecton TIme Out
Failed to retrieve directory listing

can any one help me please

By: x-tech

x-tech — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:06:06 +0000

Hi guys

quick question

i have 2 webhosts running on same machine just setup today

now i installed vsftpd on the ubuntu machine running the 2 webhosts.

now i want to know how and which files i need to edit in order to create 2 accounts
2users+2 passwd and give specific folder access rights for each specific webhost

i have the following setup here

the 2 webhosts are in

var/www/

webhost1 and webhost2

so i want to give only FTP access to user1+passwd1 direct to webhost1 folder

and user2+passwd2 only for access webhost2

is that possible and how can i do it, as i dont want the usere to have any kind of access at all to the older folders on the ubuntu machine.

any hints or help will be appreciated guys

By: federico

federico — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:42:22 +0000

I have the same problem. How I can restart the service?

By: Josef

Josef — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:56:32 +0000

Thanks, this is exactly what I wanted – a very simple FTP solution that just works!

By: sssm

sssm — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 07:14:07 +0000

Thank you …..this is very easy set up and easy to use….. :)

By: bulldog13090

bulldog13090 — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:24:31 +0000

so when I try restarting by typing
/etc/init.d$ sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
I get the message

Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service vsftpd restart

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the restart(8) utility, e.g. restart vsftpd
vsftpd start/running, process 5888
I know how to find the PID but then what?

By: bulldog13090

bulldog13090 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:08:28 +0000

I know how to disable anonimous on the ftp server.
where do I setup the file with Username and Password?

By: thiyagi

thiyagi — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:39:25 +0000

thanks for the help..

By: MasthanRaja

MasthanRaja — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:07:01 +0000

Step1: Set Boolean Policy

# getsebool -a | grep ftp (show ftp policy)

# setsebool -P allow_ftpd_full_access=on
# setsebool -P ftp_home_dir=on
Step2: You will restart ftp service

By: MasthanRaja

MasthanRaja — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:04:56 +0000

# vim /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
root — remove root user here

# vim /etc/vsftpd/user_list
root — remove root user here
Step2: Service on & restart
# chkconfig vsftpd on
# service vsftpd restart
Step3: Set Boolean Policy

# getsebool -a | grep ftp (show ftp policy)

# setsebool -P allow_ftpd_full_access=on
# setsebool -P ftp_home_dir=on
Step4: Again We restart ftp service

By: rohan reddy

rohan reddy — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:33:39 +0000

hi
give write permissions to root directory i.e chmod 777 /var/ftp/pub/
now u can upload files.

By: spaniolu

spaniolu — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:43:50 +0000

Mark try apt-get install ftp

By: g

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:22:08 +0000

huh?

me also confused when facing this at the first time.
Once I finished installing the ftp service, seems everything is okay.
Anyway, at the vsftpd.conf file, i didn’t notice some variable saying the
default directory …. where would it be?

~ confused mode: ON.

By: reza

reza — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:32:43 +0000

hi
i want to know when a user loging to ftp server in linux,he anly can upload specific file to server.
good luck

By: FujiKomalan

FujiKomalan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:49:01 +0000

use tcp_wrappers

By: MrB

MrB — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:04:59 +0000

Joe
You don’t have all the SSL options set up. Use this as a guide. The big one is the first one. You should check on the other options. They can vary a lot from one installation to the next.

Also make sure that port 22 is open on your computer firewall and any external firewalls.

ssl_enable=YES
allow_anon_ssl=NO
#force_local_data_ssl=NO
#force_local_logins_ssl=NO
# the next three are the connection types / SSL versions. good luck with the right combination.
ssl_tlsv1=YES
#ssl_sslv2=NO
#ssl_sslv3=NO
rsa_cert_file=/etc/vsftpd/yourcert.pem

By: joe

joe — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:56:02 +0000

Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message…
Response: 220 Welcome to ******* Server
Command: USER ####
Response: 331 Please specify the password.
Command: PASS ####
Response: 230 Login successful.
Command: SYST
Response: 215 UNIX Type: L8
Command: FEAT
Response: 211-Features:
Response: EPRT
Response: EPSV
Response: MDTM
Response: PASV
Response: REST STREAM
Response: SIZE
Response: TVFS
Response: UTF8
Response: 211 End
Command: OPTS UTF8 ON
Response: 200 Always in UTF8 mode.
Status: Connected
Status: Retrieving directory listing…
Command: PWD
Response: 257 “/”
Command: TYPE I
Response: 200 Switching to Binary mode.
Command: PASV
Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (ip.xxx.xxx.xxx,255,60).
Command: LIST
Error: Connection timed out
Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

ok this is what happens remotely when connecting with filezilla. I have ports 20,21 opened in router, and also a range of high ports listing in vsftpd.conf. i can access the ftp fine on my LAN.

here is the vsftpd file

listen=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
idle_session_timeout=600
data_connection_timeout=120
nopriv_user=####
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd
Rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
pasv_enable=YES
pasv_min_port=65000
pasv_max_port=65534
pasv_address=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXXX
max_clients=10
max_per_ip=1

any advice here would be great first time iv’e tried to set this up.
Thanks,
Joe