Questions tagged [proftpd]
ProFTPD: Apache-like FTP server for Unix systems
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SFTP server: better to use SSH internal sftp subsystem or ProFTPD plugin?
I've been tasked to install a new SFTP server. Per-se, this is a very simple operation: simply using the internal-sftp role of the ubiquitous SSH service (with chrooting) is sufficient to have a ...
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How to change SFTP default directory?
With ProFTPD you can change the default directory editing /etc/proftpd.conf
DefaultRoot ~
change to
DefaultRoot ~/music
How I can achieve the same result with SFTP?
I’m using Ubuntu Lucid.
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How to start / stop proftpd
I can't seem to find a way to stop / re-start proftpd. My server IP address is xx.yy.zz.ww and connecting from external devices via FTP gives me the prompt:
Connected to xx.yy.zz.ww
220 ProFTPD 1.3....
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proFTPD unable to determine IP address
When starting the server this error is returned
Starting ftp server: proftpd2014-08-03 18:39:22,045 web-amd-3700-2gb proftpd[22126]: warning: unable to determine IP address of 'web-amd-3700-2gb'
2014-...
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ProFTP Won't Return Directory Listing
So I installed ProFTP on my Ubuntu 10.10 server. Using FileZilla, I can connect and authenticate, but I cannot get the directory listing. Here are the last few lines returned to me:
Status: Connected
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How to "jail" a ftp user inside its home directory (proftpd)?
I have a user named "ftp3" that belong to group "ftpusers-temp".
The home of that user is home/FTP-shared/temp
In proftpd.conf I have the following 2 directives:
DefaultRoot /home/FTP-shared
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ProFTPd: Multiple Domain VirtualHosts on one IP address
I have a webserver that we are giving a consultant FTP access to. For one domain hosted on that server he needs access to a "dev" directory and for a different domain hosted on that server he needs ...
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Proftpd CentOS user can only login with a /bin/bash shell
I've created a user and assigned a password and group (new group). The problem is this user can only login to FTP (proftpd) if he has shell = /bin/bash
If I set the shell to /bin/false then Proftpd ...
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ProFTPD Virtual User Directory
Alright, I'm trying to replicate a web hosting company's basic setup here by authenticating virtual users via SQL and redirect/jail them to their directory. I've accomplished most of the goals here, ...
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Proftpd configuration to run ftp/ftes ftps and sftp at the same time on different port
I have compile version of proftpd 1.3.4d with ftp, ftps, sftp and mysql authentication.
So far I can have working at the same time on port 210: ftp and ftpes and on port 211 the sftp.
ServerName ...
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Hide .svn directories with Proftpd
Is it possible to hide directories with Proftpd?
Specifically .svn directories.
There is a HideFiles but not a HideDirectories directive.
The problem with HideFiles is that it doesn't match on full ...
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Using proftpd how do I disable regular ftp but leave sftp running
We have a Debian Linux box with proftpd, we have both FTP and SFTP running, but we would like to disable regular FTP and just leave the SFTP running
Is there some way to do this?
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Proftpd: How to set default root to a users home directory without jailing the user?
I've installed proftpd on my debian box but I'm having having some trouble with the configuration.
In my proftpd.conf I've added;
DefaultRoot ~ !ftp_special
This works fine in that all users except ...
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looking for a clean way of how to bring down a ftp server for maintenance
i'm currently thinking of a clean way of how to bring an ftp server down for maintenance. i wonder, if anybody out there could give me some hints of how to solve this:
i don't want to interrupt any ...
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ProFTPD IP masquerade just some ways
I am trying to setup a FTP server using ProFTPD on Xubuntu 15.10. Users will connect to this server in two ways:
internally (using an internal IPv4 address)
externally (using domain name pointed to ...
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ProFTPd/FTPS issue: unable to accept TLS connection: received EOF that violates protocol
It took some time while I tried to find solution over the net. Nothing helped.
The story: I have Ubuntu 10.10 (Amazon EC2 instance). ProFTPD Version 1.3.2e (latest via apt-get). I changed nothing on ...
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ProFTPD - Failed to retrieve directory listing while using TLS
I have problem with my ProFTPD server.
When I try to connect to the server using TLS then I get timeout after MLSD command.
It only happens whenI use TLS - without it it works perfectly.
I checked ...
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ProFTPD: The meaning of the "TLS Verify Client" and "NoCertRequest" in the TLS configuration
I know that per default FTP is insecure, because it is not encrypted. To avoid this insecure behavior of FTP, I want to set up a TLS encryption in my ProFTPD. Pursuant to this tutorial here: https://...
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CentOS takes 10 seconds to start anything
I've got CentOS 6 with Apache, Sendmail and Proftpd installed. When I try to start anything on it, I mean anything, it takes 10 seconds.
Sendmail? It takes 10 seconds to send something through PHP's ...
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Configuring proftpd user access for /var/www/ in centos
I'm having trouble configuring proftpd to allow a system user access to /var/www/ on a centos box.
proftpd.conf
ServerName "ProFTPD server"
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ProFTPd MySQL query %u resolves to proftpd, not username
I am trying to use ProFTPd's MySQL configuration to set up FTP login to my server. I have a SQLNamedQuery that is used to get the user info from the database (see Setting up ProFTPd with default home ...
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Log parser for ftp server
Can anyone suggest good log reporting software for Proftpd?
I am looking for something at least as good as http://xferlogdb.sourceforge.net where log is fed into the database and dynamic web pages ...
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Start a program with systemd
I'm trying to install the latest version of ProFTPd (1.3.5) onto a CentOS 7 box, and wound up having to configure and install manually. The reason is that EPEL's version of proftpd doesn't include ...
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set only one ip can access ftp services
how to allow only one ip using the ftpd services in hosts.allow?
and deny all ip using the ftpd server in hosts.deny? Or there is another way to allow only one IP can access proftpd
i'm using proftpd
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ProFTPd, MySQL, virtual users and permissions
I want to control my ProFTPd authentication by a MySQL database. Users will be able to change the username and password of their FTP account(s) in a PHP web application. This provokes a following ...
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Sometime ProFTPD session closed immediately after Login successful
The version that I'm using:
ProFTPD Version: 1.3.3c (maint)
Scoreboard Version: 01040003
Built: Wed Dec 1 2010 16:41:40 ICT
Loaded modules:
mod_cap/1.0
mod_ldap/2.8.22
mod_auth_pam/1.1
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proftpd on centos 7 with proftp-mysql: users can login / upload files but they cannot retrieve files or CWD
I can't find anyone who has this weird issue:
ftp users are able to upload files but they are not able to retrieve them.
Please give me any clue to solve this issue.
Thank you
"ftpuser1" is a user ...
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PROFTPD accepting all public keys regardless of contents of SFTPAuthorizedUserKeys file
I've just attempted to set up ProFTPD as an SFTP server, However I'm facing some curious behavior when it comes to public key authentication.
For some reason, proftpd is acepting every single key ...
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Proftpd TLSRequired resulting in "550 SSL/TLS required on the data channel" error
When setting TLSRequired to on instead of off in my proftp tls.conf, I always get a
550 SSL/TLS required on the data channel
error when trying to connect. I tried it out with both filezilla and ...
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Only ftps with proftpd on debian
Is there a way to block all normal ftp traffic, and only allow the sftp protocol in sftp?
edit:
sorry my bad!
for secure ftp i must use the ftpes protocol...
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ProFTPd - Cannot login at all, constant 530 error
I cannot for whatever reason connect/login either via FTP client or command line to my FTP server. I'm using Webmin and ProFTPd. I have setup a user, with a simple password as part of the ftp group ...
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ProFTPD - What is intended use of IdentLookups config option?
I have just recently got annoyed enough at my own dedicated server's FTP connection delay to go hunting for what causes delay.
"Perpetrator" was IdentLookups configuration option. It defaults to on, ...
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How Do I Configure ProFTP for Website Update?
I am running Ubuntu Server 9.10 with ProFTPD, and I also have Webmin.
I have DNS setup for 3 domains, mail setup for 3 domains, as well as Apache2 setup for those domains. They work great.
Now I ...
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Understanding Permissions with ProFTPD (Especially Group Write)
I have proftpd running under user proftpd. I have a new virtual server in ProFTPD called "example.com" pointing to /var/www/example.com. I have chowned the /var/www/example.com folder with user "...
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ProFTPD pub key authentication, still asks for password
I've set up mod_sftp with ProFTPD, and for some reason it still prompts me for a password when I connect.
This is my conf.d/myserver file:
SFTPEngine on
SFTPLog /var/log/sftp.log
Port 7770
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ProFTPd timeout on LIST
Recently I've migrated a centOS 5 server to 7. But since then connection to FTP through FileZilla doesn't work unless I put FileZilla on FTP Plain Connection.
TLS doesn't work when getting the folder ...
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Make ProFTPD only auth against MySQL (no PAM)
I have successfully setup ProFTPD to use mod_sql for authentication. But I can still login with linux user's credentials, even though I've set AuthPAM off. How can I make ProFTPD to not use PAM?
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Proftpd server: Server does not support non-ASCII characters
I have moved my FTP (running proftpd) server from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 server and now there is a problem when connecting to it. In connection log there is a line that says:
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proftpd: Multiple certificates based on VirtualHost
I'm trying to setup the following environment:
There is one single FTP Server (Debian 9, proftpd 1.3.6-4), reachable under 1.2.3.4.
Two domains, which are pointing to that IP Address
example1.com -> ...
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How Apache and ProFTPD should work together, users and groups ect
I have Apache server running on apache:apache and ProFTPD running on ftpuser:ftpgroup, all my websites are under /var/www/ which is owned by root:root.
So the question is when I create a new website ...
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ProFTPd: how to show virtual user name in listings?
I'm using ProFTPd 1.3.5a (btw I get the same behavior on an older 1.3.4d) with a pretty common virtual users setup for a web server.
In plain words, ProFTPd is running with apache's UID/GID and has ...
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proftpd tls internal connection works, external connection fails
I am trying to secure my proftpd server but I cannot see what I do wrong.
My tls.conf
<IfModule mod_tls.c>
TLSEngine on
TLSLog ...
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proftpd initial directory for each user
After successfully setting up proftpd server, i want to add initial directory for each users, i have 2 user, webadmin that can access all folder and upload that can only access upload folder
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Migration of password hashes from glftpd 2.01 (PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1) to proftpd + mod_sql_passwd
For migrating from the de-factor closed source glftpd 2.01 to proftpd I need to migrate password hashes of the user accounts from glftpd to proftpd. Reading about the topic I figured mod_sql_passwd ...
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ProFTPd returns "530: Login incorrect."
There are some weeks that I don't use the FTP server, and now I have tried to connect but it's returning this error. I did some "yum update", but I don't know what else has changed since then.
When I ...
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Proftpd user cannot write/delete in home directory
I'm trying to setup a user in centos that can read/write/delete/etc files in the /var/www/html directory. With some help here I got the user able to log on and view files, but now they cannot upload/...
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How to configure ProFTPD to provide a different anonymous FTP for each domain?
I'm trying to configure ProFTPD to match the following situation:
Multiple domains on a single IP address.
Each domain should have it's own anonymous FTP directory.
Everything runs on Ubuntu 12.04LTS ...
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ProFTPd Multiple MySQL databases
I need ProFTPd to connect to few databases/tables and authorize users by data from them.
I have ftp login data in db/tables:
db1 / ftp
db2 / ftp
db2 / users
db2 / ftp_vip
db3 / data
Can you give me ...
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Proftpd :Multi configuration TLS /and unsecure
I want to have 2 configurations on 1 server:
1 connection FTP/TLS on a public address
1 connection unsecure on local network.
It is working on TLS, and it is working on local network. But it does ...
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In ProFTPd, how to set different permissions for different virtual users?
How do I set different permissions to different virtual users in ProFTPd?
I created several users with the ftpasswd command, but for now they all have permissions to both read and write to their ...
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