Questions tagged [proftpd]

ProFTPD: Apache-like FTP server for Unix systems

ProFTPD is a mature FTP server for Unix. It has a module design and configuration file syntax that is deliberately similar to Apache. Through its modules, ProFTPD supports FTPS, SFTP, SCP, as well as authenticating using SQL databases, LDAP directories, RADIUS servers, and more.

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How to tweak firewall to allow non secure ftp connection with Proftpd on port 21

I have Debian 8, Virtualmin, Proftpd I set up an ftp account, and I can login and download from within the same server. However from another IP, I cannot connect in non secure ftp on port 21 (I can with sftp (secured) on port 22) When making this :…
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Proftpd on CentOS 7

i've created a proftpd server with users managed by a mysql server. But i've a problem with my users. When one of my users is connected on the server, he can upload/download/delete files but there is a problems with the folders. When a user create a…
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cannot connect to proftpd on debain

apt-get install proftpd adduser alex adduser alex root chown -R alex:root /var/www/ nano /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf I add: DefaultRoot /var/www alex /etc/init.d/proftpd restart Everything seems ok, but I cannot as alex to ftp ! 530 Login…
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ProFTPd won't start - proftpd.serviceJob for proftpd.service failed

I'm done - I don't get ProFTPd to start... I tried everything. If I start proftpd with /etc/init.d/proftpd start I get the following: [....] Starting proftpd (via systemctl): proftpd.serviceJob for proftpd.service failed. See 'systemctl status…
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Proftpd connexion limitation rule by user

We are currently defining in the Global scope of our ProFTPd server the following lines: # Allow max 3 unauthenticated connections by IP MaxConnectionsPerHost 3 "Sorry, you may not connect more than (%m) times." # Allow max 3 authenticated…
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Proftpd with mariadb (mysql) backend unable to upload

I have proftpd running with a mariadb (mysql) backend. I have created a user midas in the ftp database. At the moment of first login, proftpd (running as user proftpd and group proftpd) creates a home directory for this user located at…
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proFTPD unable to connect after update ECONNREFUSED

I am working on Debian 8 - ran a series of automated system updates and now I am unable to connect to my local server running proFTPD. I have made no changes to the client attempting to connect to the server. I was connecting to the server on port…
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Open ports for Passive FTPS on Amazon EC2?

I have installed ProFTPd on an Amazon EC2 running Amazon Linux. I have enabled SSL (FTPS) on for ProFTPd and set passive ports in proftpd.conf: port 21 TLSEngine on TLSLog …
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I need to set up a sftp server, that could use different keys, and use different directories for the same login, depending on the ip used

I got a problem, that I cannot solve myself. I tried to google it, but no satiscactory solution that i could find. I have a server that is available with let's say 3 different IP addresses (A,B,C), and a user login lets say "user". I need to setup…
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ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server PROFTPD

I have a problem with my server. I installed proftpd in my server, and on filezilla its work. But sometime i have this following error ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server So, i have to go on my server and restart my proftpd with this…
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Proftpd different chroot for specific ldap group

I am authenticating a ProFTPD (with mod_sftp) instance with a LDAP server. I want to have the following setup: A chroot for all users to /home/ftp. (This works). Now I would like to chroot specific LDAP groups to a different folder under /home/ftp.…
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profttp 1.3.5b injecting extra characters in wordpress files when uploading

I been trying to find out why when I upload a brand new wordpress install using ProFTPd 1.3.5b the files get injected with extra characters that aren't part of the file. It only happens to /wp-includes/functions.php from what I can see these are the…
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deny specific file extension in proftpd

user's ftp points to /mnt/ftp/user I want to deny uploading of .jpg extension via ftp to his directory (and for subdirectories too.) I found something like PathAllowFilter but it allows specific exntensions but I need to allow all extensions except…
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Configure proftp ftp server on debian so that a user can only upload and does not see the files

I installed and configured proftp on Debian using this howto and it works nicely. Effectively, the changes to the config are: [...] UseIPv6 off [...] RootLogin off RequireValidShell off DefaultRoot ~
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Proftpd - hide all subdirectories

I have a proftpd server setup working. Only one user, have locked them to the users directory. How can I hide all subdirectories, so that when the user logs in they can only read and write to files within the login directory. I thought it has…
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