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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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How to get the default vsftpd.conf by installing vsftpd?

I am installing a new server and I have been adjusting my vsftpd settings when it suddenly stopped working. I noticed that the service vsftpd only worked if the vsftpd.conf was empty or deleted. So I decided to reinstall vsftpd using apt-get remove…
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Unable to connect remotely to Vsftpd server set up on CentOS VirtualBox

I have set up a Vsftp server using the following instructions provided Here and even went as far as following the commentary at the bottom. But I am unable to connect remotely. When I attempt to use FileZilla or my Ubuntu terminal, I always…
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vsftpd single user with multiple directries

I want to be able to give my ftp users access to multiple directories. I have my vsftp setup to use virtual users and each user has (or can have) individual config files. The main problem is that the server has a number of virtual hosts setup on it…
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vsftpd default permissions for website directory and ftp

I'm trying to setup vsftpd and my users correctly. I can connect to the ftp with my user but I can't create any directory or file. My websites folder will be there:…
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VSFTPD uploaded file permissions

Let me first say that there are loads of topics regarding this, and I am sure i have seen them all by now. Still non of the solutions seem to help. I installed vsftpd. created a user ftp-data. Now I need that files uploaded by user ftp-data would…
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Configuring vsftpd with nginx on ubuntu

I have vsftpd installed on Ubuntu 12.04LTS along with nginx, php, and sql on an Amazon ec2 instance. The web server is good to go, but I'm having trouble connecting to the FTP server. I'm not quite sure how to set the privileges or what…
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vsftpd Hanging up on larger files

Having trouble with a newly setup server's ftp. Basically, I can ftp find with no errors, I have successfully sent over smaller files, but at about 80Kb+ the file won't send. First, any operations tells me 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode…
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FTPS using Vsftp woes

I have some problems with Vstpd, and I don't know whether they are related or not. One problem is that FireFTP can't get past the directory listing phase - it just stucks there forever, no error messages. Filezilla works, however it too sometimes…
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Poor SSL performance with vsftpd

I'm trying to tweak vsftpd to achieve maximum performance for my usage: I have only one or two clients that connect to the server. File size is between ~15MB and 1GB. Typical transfer batch represent between 1 and 2GB of data. For testing…
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Ubuntu vsftpd server error: 500 OOPS: could not read chroot() list file:/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

I configured an FTP server for Ubuntu using vsftpd. However, I can't access the server. Status: Connecting to IP Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message... Response: 220 (vsFTPd 2.3.2) Command: USER userhere Response: 331…
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Cannot read/write FTP directory vsftpd on centos 6.0 (empty folder)

I have Centos 6.0 and installed vsftp with YUM, I added a user with Webmin panel, set its home dir to "/var/www/html" and its shell to "/bin/sh", user id is 500, user group is same as name: "adrian_ftp". When I start a ftp program it logs in but the…
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vsFTPd on Amazon Linux EC2 instance

Can anyone offer any suggestions. I have an Amazon EC2 instance running, based on the 64-bit Amazon Linux AMI. I've installed all updates using yum, and have installed PHP5.3 and the vsFTPd service. I've created a new user group, and a new user,…
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Trying to understand symlink behavior with vsftpd

I recently moved my website to a CentOS 6 VPS (from a HyperVM-enabled CentOS 5 VPS). I set up vsftpd to handle our FTP needs. I created a local user for everyone who needs to use the FTP. For my user Joe, he logs in with FileZilla and lands in…
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vsftpd listen on multiple listen_address but not on all

I'm looking for a way to configure vsftpd to use multiple listen_address IPs. I'm aware that if I set it to the default, it will listen on all available interface IPs, but that's not what I'm looking for. Is there a way to configure something like…
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Allow local users to access /var/www folder in vsftpd

I have successfully installed the vsftpd. and it is live, but I get following error: Response: 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/sovit What I want to do is direct all local users of the system to the /var/www folder instead of their home…
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