Questions tagged [vsftpd]

vsftpd is a secure and fast FTP server for UNIX-like systems that is used on many large and critical Internet sites. Its rich feature set includes SSL encryption, IPv6, bandwidth throttling, PAM integration, virtual users, virtual IPs and per-user / per-IP configuration. Note: Questions MUST be programming related.

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About vsftpd

vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast. It is stable. Don't take my word for it, though. Below, we will see evidence supporting all three assertions. We will also see a list of a few important sites which are happily using vsftpd. This demonstrates vsftpd is a mature and trusted solution. Features

Despite being small for purposes of speed and security, many more complicated FTP setups are achievable with vsftpd! By no means an exclusive list, vsftpd will handle:

  • Virtual IP configurations
  • Virtual users
  • Standalone or inetd operation
  • Powerful per-user configurability
  • Bandwidth throttling
  • Per-source-IP configurability
  • Per-source-IP limits
  • IPv6
  • Encryption support through SSL integration
  • etc...
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Show welcome banner vsftpd with client lftp

I'm configuring vsftpd with vsftpd.conf and I activate the line 106 that say "ftpd_banner=message". later I try to connect to this server with a lftp client with anonymous user and don't show the welcome banner. lftp -u anonymous If I…
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vsftpd refuse connections although running smmothly

Following conf…
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A way to run FTP server (vsftpd or proftpd) without tying it to the linux user subsystem

I am looking for a way to make a simple ftps server that will serve a single folder containing 2 files using a dedicated username:password pair. The issue is that for security reasons I have two requirements: The server will not give access (even…
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Using LDAP for user authentication in VSFTPD in RHEL8

I want to set up a new ftp server using vsftpd on RHEL8, for user authentication we would like to use LDAP(389 directory server). As I understood ldap_pam.so module is deprecated in RHEL8, so I'm wondering how to connect the remote LDAP server to my…
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How to enable the ftp module in php "Call to undefined function ftp_connect()"

I'm pretty new to Yocto, and I'm trying to call the ftp_connect() function within my php, but get an undefined function error. I'm using Yocto Poky kirkstone (4.0.2) for corei7-64-poky-linux, and in my local.conf file I added the…
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File was uploaded using Explicit FTPS but giving error - ftp_put(): A connection attempt failed

Currently I am working on a website which will have function of uploading files and images. I have tried move_uploaded_file option but it is easily to fail when uploading large files. Then I consider to use FTP with TLS/SSL Explicit encryption to…
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Configuring vsftpd for multiple users

I have a Ubuntu 22.04 VM that I want to use as an SFTP server. I installed and configured vsftpd and it works, just not the way I want. I want to have 2 users - UserA and UserB. Both are only allowed to use their home directory, they can FTP files…
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VSFTPD 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/logs

I am getting error "500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/logs" while using file zila client to access this directory. My linux kernel version is "4.9.11". I have created a user called as "log_user" which corresponds to "/logs" directory. This custom…
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Can I change user group during upload to server

I need solution for something like this: I am uploading file on server with a line: ftp.storbinary(f'STOR a.json', file) I have server vsftpd. I need to change group during upload. I found something similar: Change permissions via ftp in…
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Best modern method to run a script after receiving an ftp'd file

I just starting writing a new interface where I need to process a file after it has been ftp'd into my server. Is incron better than inotify in the long run or should I choose something else? BTW, I am using vsftpd. p.s. I have already looked at…
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creating a FTP user in Linux command line

I'm struggling in creating an FTP user on a Linux server using the command line. I installed vsftpd Then i created a user using multiple commands for multiple times like sudo adduser --home /home/testuser testuser --no-create-home Added password…
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CentOS 7 vsftpd keeps rejecting PhpStorm FTP Connection

I recently installed vsftpd on a server at my home for local development utilizing CentOS7. I went through the setup, and enabled passive mode, set up my ports, put my port forwarding on in my router, and then when I go to connect through PhpStorm,…
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Php Folder making with ftp

I have a webserver and if I make a folder on that webserver with php the webserver will make the folder. But if I want to create a folder inside the folder I just created, it spits out an error. "Warning: ftp_mkdir(): Directory send OK. in…
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How to Fix: Error uploading file: [WinError 10049] The requested address is not valid in its context

I am having trouble uploading files to FTP Server with error: [WinError 10049] The requested address is not valid in its context. My…
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libcurl based ftp client program tls session getting timeout to vsftpd server. however curl works fine on same server port

A ftp client program using libcurl is getting timeout. however curl work fine to same server port running vsftpd server. Inside packet capture, difference i see that ftp client not getting new session ticket . seems like that client is waiting for…