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`vsftpd` is a fast, stable GPL-licensed FTP server for Unix/Linux systems.

"vsftpd" stands for "Very Secure FTP Daemon", and focuses on speed, stability, and security. For more information on vsftpd, including releases and updates, see https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html.

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create ftp user for vsftpd server to specific directory

I need to create ftp user for vsftpd server only to to be root as a specific directory (only to that account ) example /var/www/abc should be the /(root) to test_user
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VsFTPd - pam_mkhomedir

I am trying to set up a FTP server that authenticates against an LDAP server. This part is done and works. My server is VsFTPd on Ubuntu Server 11.04. But I have to create the home directories for my LDAP users. I am trying to user the pam_mkhomedir…
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Configuring vsftpd

I am trying to configure an FTP server using vsftpd on my CentOS server. I have installed the FTP server using yum install vsftpd and followed: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rhel-fedora-centos-vsftpd-installation.html to configure the server. I have…
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How do I add a new user to vsftpd and let root access the FTP server?

How can I add a new vsftpd user on CentOS 5 ? I would like that user to default to a certain directory other than its own. Note that chroot is on. Should I do something like this? useradd vsftpuser1 -d /home/mainaccount passwd vsftpuser1 Do I have…
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Increase download speed of ftp server

I have a VSFTPD server running in my machine. The download speed is about 30 KB/s, which is way less than my connection speed. I understand the upload speed of the server affects the download speed on the client. However the download speed is only…
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Allow root login on vsftpd on Ubuntu

How do I enable root login on vsftpd? Note that this FTP server will not be accessible via WAN/Internet. And I need full permissions for my web development environment (localhost, VirtualBox Guest OS). I have tried to allow the accounts (via groups)…
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Limit vsftpd Writes

I have a vsftpd installation running on Ubuntu 11.04. I have two users, an external user and an internal user. I only want the internal user to have write/upload permissions, but I want both to have read/download permissions. How do I accomplish…
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FTP using VSFTPD "Access Denied"

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 i386. I use Cyberduck (FTP GUI client) to connect to my server mysub.domainname.com (changed here). This is what I want to be able to do: 1) Change apache2 root from /var/www to /home/myuser/webroot to serve files like…
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vsftpd virtual users home directories with pam-mysql

I've seen many solutions like homedir=/somepath/$USER where $USER takes from sysvar and I want to change it for every user with mysql database. I'm using it with pam-mysql so it will look like Id login passwd homedirectory And I want this home…
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can't connect to vsftpd from outside network

i know this has been asked many times before, but nothing seems to resolve my issue. i have vsftpd running on ubuntu 10.04. i can connect with ftp localhost on the machine. i can connect from another machine in my network. i just cannot connect…
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vsftpd: **ONLY** Ftp access for local user?

I have vsftpd server that allow local users to login to ftp. How to prevent some local user to login to shell account and allow only login to ftp server (vsftpd) ?
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vsftpd: access SFTP on local user without shell access with specific directory

I'm trying to configure vsftpd on my vps in order to access SFTP from Transmit/FileZilla. I've opted for SFTP and the OpenSSL is configured, but I can't seem to manage to add a new user only for FTP-accessing and restrict it for the /home directory…
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Can vsftpd be setup to configure arbitrary chroots on a per-virtual-user basis

Ideally I'd like something like proftpds ability to do this DefaultRoot /var/www/whatever/userone/ user1 DefaultRoot /home/directory/whatever/ user2 It's important that this be for virtual users.
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vsftpd chroot_local_user does nothing

I'm setting up a vsftpd server on: Linux 2.6.32-26-server #48-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 10:28:32 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux When I set chroot_local_user=YES, there is no effect (I can still see / when I log in). There is nothing in syslog or…
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centos 5.5 vsftpd user settings

I have a centos 5.5. with vsftpd installed. i used some help from http://centosforserver.blogspot.com/2010/02/virtual-hosting-with-vsftpd-and-mysql.html to set it up using mysql for user authentication I also use ssl_enable=YES to have users the…
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