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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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 - 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, thus causing noticeable delay on connection…
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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 "example_com" and group "www-data". I have set the…
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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 want to give FTP access for an incoming user, but…
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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 not work with the 2 configurations at the same…
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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 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: "Status: Server does not support non-ASCII characters." and all…
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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 should do the trick. I therefore set up my proftpd…
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ProFTPD - how to show target symlink file size and date in directory listing

I have a FTP directory with a lot of symbolic links inside (ln -s). Currently directory listing in FTP client shows size and file date of symbolic link instead of target file. Thus listing shows file size 0 and date of file is always a date of…
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vsftpd, ProFTPD FTP with windows 10 connection issue

I have one server, Linux based, I use for some years like a backup cloud server. This work very well with client like Windows 7, Ubuntu and Android. But Not with Windows 10. All programs I'ave used for connection work well without problem from years…
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ProFTPD options: how to debug

Within a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.6 (Maipo) I would like to use the module mod_ban in order to set a ClientConnectRate event. The service is started as: systemctl start proftpd Service is configured as below: [root@lclftpcrb001blq…
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ProFTPD AuthOrder inside VirtualHost is being ignored

I am trying to configure proftpd 1.3.5b. What I would like to achieve is simple: only one VirtualHost, users will log in based on AuthUserFile and not based on /etc/passwd. The problem is that all the authentication related configuration inside a…
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Proftpd cant create folder

Wanted: Create folder and upload file with www-data:www-data user Current Try: Create folder, upload file with ftp:nogroup and filezilla Result: Even with ftp:nogroup can upload file but cant create folder Action: Try create new folder by…
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proftpd: unknown configuration directive 'ServerIdent'

Hello, I setup proftpd on server, but when i want to start it fails with error message: fatal: unknown configuration directive 'ServerIdent' on line 78 of '/etc/proftpd.conf' It is the default configuration file, i changed nothing. It was a new…
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ProFTP DefaultRoot setting on different ports

I have had ProFTP 1.3.2 and configured it to run for the same user on different ports with different root directories. Basically, the configuration was: Port 1 AuthAliasOnly on UserAlias xxx yyy DefaultRoot…
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