Questions tagged [vsftpd]

`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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Boolean ftp_home_dir is not defined - RHEL7.3

I'm trying to configure vsftpd 3.0.2 on RHEL 7.3. I am trying to set my setsebool -P ftp_home_dir=1 to enable users access to their home dir. However I receive: Boolean ftp_home_dir is not defined This is confirmed when viewing semanage boolean -l…
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Authentication vsftpd account using remote LDAP user

I'm trying to authenticate vsftpd from LDAP logins which hosted remotely another server . vsftpd hosted on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-48-generic x86_64) amazon aws . from the LDAP server i have these details . user : …
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FTP account for just one directory

Background information: I'm using Serverpilot to manage my Ubuntu server which doesn't provide any FTP service. There is a user: serverpilot With the home directory: /srv/users/serverpilot/ And there is a website running in this directory:…
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Disable upload in vsftpd

How can I prevent local users from uploading files in vsftpd? I know I can prevent them from downloading files by setting the string download_enable in vsftpd.conf on "NO", is there an option for uploading files too?
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vsftpd: 500 OOPS: cannot change directory

Could you help me with vsftpd server. I am trying to configure it to make it work with virtual users. The problem is that I am still getting following error in ftp client: 500 OOPS: cannot change directory: [there is nothing more after :…
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Vsftpd doesn't work in passive mode in LXC container

I'm beginner in Docker, I have a vsftpd in a Debian and for passive mode I configured in vsftpd: pasv_enable=YES pasv_min_port=65000 pasv_max_port=65000 pasv_address=192.168.1.31 and I show with wireshark that server response with passive port…
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vsFTPd authenticating with SSSD

I am currently trying to setup an FTP sever that authenticates through Active Directory using SSSD. My config files are as follows: /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd: [root@StudentOrgFTP vsftpd]# cat…
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VSFTPD how chroot not chrooted users in /home?

I need to chroot all local users to their home directories, but one user should have access to all user directories. If I put admin_user in chroot_list_file he has access for whole file system. I want to restrict access for him only to /home, but…
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FTP hanging at "150 Here comes the directory listing."

I have a CentOS server running VSFTPD so I can upload files to my site. When I connect to the FTP, it lists the folders in the root directory, and I can open all of the folders apart from a folder called 'public' which just causes FileZilla to hang…
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Writing permission with VSFTPD and Centos 6.2

I have a server with centos 6.2 with httpd and vsftpd. I have few web site in /var/www and i want to add a ftp user for each site. My user1 home directory is /home/user1 and can read/write to it folder from ftp. (it's the user i use to ssh and…
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vsftpd error: 500 OOPS: setuid

I sometimes get an error when I want to login via ftp. The error is 500 OOPS: setuid. I can't figure out why this happens sometimes, but sometimes it doesn't. I've se the limit of processes per user to unlimited, but this still happens. I'm running…
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Specific FTP connections not able to upload files

I have installed vsftpd in a server. A new ftp group was added and a user was created and added to that group. I've tested 3 different scenarios, only 1 of them is working properly and the other 2 are giving me FAIL UPLOAD/425 Failed to establish…
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vsftpd - Allow access certain user only from certain IP range

I am using CentOS 6 (64bit) and have VSFTPD installed. I have two different users for vsftpd: privateuser and publicuser. I need to configure that only privateuser can login to the ftp server from the local IP range (192.168.2/24) and publicuser can…
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VSFTPD says "500 OOPS: cannot change directory"

As soon as I login with my virtual users in ftp I get "cannot change directoy", I have the following configuration in vsftpd.conf. Please…
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configuring vsftpd anonymous upload. Creates files but freezes at 0 bytes

vsftpd on ubuntu after sudo apt-get install vsftpd Then did configuration as in the attached /etc/vsftpd.conf file. Anonymous ftp allows cd to the upload directly and allows put myfile.txt which gets created on the server but then the client hangs…
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