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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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vsftpd failing to start

I have tried solutions presented in the following posts: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/364529/centos-vsftpd-not-starting/364555 https://superuser.com/questions/987912/why-my-vsftp-service-cant-start VSFTP Fails to start CentOS 7 I am…
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vsftpd for both local users and anonymous logins

I'm trying to set up my ftp sever (vsftpd) to give both local users and anonymous users access. I would like the local users to have write access to their home directory but anonymous logins only to have read access to a directory that I can drop…
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Unable to open ftp port 21 on centos using firewalld

I am trying to install vsftpd on Centos 7. I can connect to the server from localhost, but not connect to it from remote machines. I am somewhat new to the topic of system and network administration. Here are some places I've looked for…
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How to learn Remote FTP Server 's Passive Port Range

Is there any way to learn the port range of "Passive" FTP Server which is not in my authority. It is possible to set the range within configuration file. For example within vsftpd.conf…
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VSFTPD not behaving in command line, but fine in GUI (Filezilla)

I'm trying to use VSFTP 3.0.3-3ubuntu2 on an Ubuntu 16:04.1 install. I have done this so that an application on another server can run an automated script to pull files from the FTP server triggered by a cron job. I can connect to the FTP server…
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Why is my VSFTP server not serving up FTPS on 990?

I have a Jessie VPS and would like to serve up FTPS; I am trying to get VSFTP to work but I have not yet successfully opened a connection to 990. I don't know if there is a firewall issue; when I run curl ftps://flooring.ninja or telnet localhost…
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Can linux or vsftpd refused connection if client bandwidth is too lower

I have an ftp server to which my clients connect quietly in the morning, but the afternoon the connection is refused (not all, but only one of of them), while the clients using http normally works. In particular, it appears as if the authentication…
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Setting up FTP access for given folder, but not allowed to write in it?

I'm running Ubuntu Linux on my VPS, and I have set up VSFTP to easily manage FTP access to a user, only for a given folder. This folder is under /var/www/html/ The user on the system, called account(as an example), can log in through FTP, look at…
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vsftpd LIST causes GnuTLS error -15

I have an Arch Linux system running vsftpd which has been functioning with FTPES for the past year now. Within the past two days, I have noticed that all of my FTP clients fail to connect over FTPES. When I connect using FileZilla 3.17.0 on…
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Passive mode FTP (vsftpd) error listing directories and timeout

I'm using a GUI FTP client (WinSCP) to connect the remote FTP server (which is powered by vsftpd on Cent OS). The GUI logs show that I can connect to the server but it was stucking on retrieving directory listing... and finally timeout! Also I'm…
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Passive mode for vsftpd from Windows command-line FTP client

I have tried configuring vsftpd to work in passive mode, however, with no success. I have followed the instructions given in the answer for question How to configure vsftpd to work with passive mode and I have also followed this article where they…
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VSFTPD specific ciphers

I am looking for a way to define custom cipher suite for VSFTPD on Ubuntu server. I found that I can specify ciphers via HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW. However, this is not enough for me, since I need to configure ciphers all manually. Is there a way to do this?
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VSFTPD allows root access despite being listed in ftpusers file

I've installed VSFTPD on a LEMP stack on Ubuntu 14.04. The only significant changes made to vsftpd.conf are: anonymous_enable=no local_enable=yes write_enable=yes chroot_local_user=yes allow_writeable_chroot=yes VSFTPD should block root access by…
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making vsftpd listen on a specific hostname

Is there a way to restrict which hostname(s) vsftpd listens to? I know it can be limited to listening on a particular IP and it fcan be limited by remote ip/hostname, but I wonder if listening only on a specific subdomain or something like that is…
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vsftpd freezes after failed pam_script authentication

I have an Ubuntu 14.04 server with vsftpd and pam_script installed using apt-get. I've configured vsftpd to use pam_script for virtual user authentication and my /etc/pam.d/vsftpd file looks like this: auth sufficient pam_script.so account…
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