vsftpd listen on multiple listen_address but not on all

Question

I'm looking for a way to configure vsftpd to use multiple listen_address IPs. I'm aware that if I set it to the default, it will listen on all available interface IPs, but that's not what I'm looking for.

Is there a way to configure something like this?

listen_address=192.168.1.3,192.168.1.4,192.168.1.5

Regards

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '11 at 18:14

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I have not idea about vsftpd exactly, but what about listen all interfaces and add iptables rule to prevent access from some of them?

like iptables -A INPUT -i ... -j DROP

answered Sep 15 '11 at 18:14

Korjavin Ivan

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The issue is, that I need other vsftpd instances on other IP addresses, so it's not about allow/deny of certain IPs. – zero_r Sep 15 '11 at 20:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '11 at 19:03

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If the machine is multi homed with 2 or more IP addresses, then you can setup multiple vsftpd services. Make a copy of the vsftpd.conf, adjust the listen_address to the additional IP address. Start another vsftpd daemon using the new config file.

answered Sep 15 '11 at 19:03

smaastro

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ok, this would be the last resort.. but I wanted to check if it is possible with one instance. – zero_r Sep 15 '11 at 20:43
obviously this is the only way to accomplish such a setup... thx – zero_r Sep 16 '11 at 09:33

vsftpd listen on multiple listen_address but not on all

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