FTP Notes

Installation Packages

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1- install package: proftpd

 

Commands of Interest

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1- /etc/init.d/inetd restart

2- /etc/init.d/proftpd restart



Files and Directories

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1- /etc/proftpd.conf    ftp server configuration file

2- /etc/inetd.conf      "internet super server" configuration file

3- /home/ftp            anonymous ftp document directory

4- /var/log/auth.log    log of login attempts





Specific Configuration Tasks

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To install the proftpd package

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0- su -

1- apt-get install proftpd

2- Choose inetd or standalone.



   For low-usage servers, inetd would be appropriate.

   For high-traffic ftp servers, standalone would be best.





To enable anonymous ftp downloads

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0- su -

1- edit /etc/proftpd.conf

   Uncomment the entire <Anonymous> section of the configuration

   file.  Do not uncomment the anonymous uploads.

2- If you are running in standalone mode,

   /etc/init.d/proftpd restart



  

To install documents for anonymous downloads

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0- su -

1- cp /some/file /home/ftp

2- chown -R ftp:nogroup /home/ftp



   Any desired directory structure may be built under the

   /home/ftp directory.





To disable user logins through ftp (for security reasons)

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0- su -

1- edit /etc/proftpd.conf

   Add these lines, somewhere before the <Anonymous>

   section of the configuration file.

=====================================================  

# Disable user logins

<Limit LOGIN>

        DenyUser !ftp

</Limit>

=====================================================  

     

2- If you are running in standalone mode,

   /etc/init.d/proftpd restart



  

To test the configuration

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1- login to a unix computer

2- ftp ns1.horgoth.com (your host)

   user: anonymous

   password: anything

   ftp> dir

   ftp> quit



   This should show the available files

  

3- ftp ns1.horgoth.com (your host)

   user: some_user

   password: correct_password



   This should sat "Login incorrect", even when the

   password is correct.



4- Use a broswer to visit ftp://ns1.horgoth.com/ as

   anonymous to view and download files.