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.

Home page: https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html

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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PhpStorm vsftpd issue: 500 Illegal PORT command

I've setup an vsftpd on my Ubuntu 16.04 using this tutorial. I can connect to server using FileZilla but not through PhpStorm. It issues this error when I try to upload a file to server: Failed to transfer file…
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GnuTLS error -15 on vsftpd

I am using ubuntu server with vsftpd service, connecting over SSL. When connecting using Filezilla randomly getting below error. Error: GnuTLS error -15: An unexpected TLS packet was received. Error: GnuTLS error -15: An unexpected TLS packet…
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FTPS Talend SSL Issue

I get error when I want to upload file to FTP server with talend TFTPPut component. This is the error: SSL connection failed; session reuse required: see require_ssl_reuse option in vsftpd.conf man page
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Expose a range of ports in docker service

Is there any way to expose a range of ports in the creation of a swarm service ( for instance: -p 1024-2000:1024-2000)? I know that it's possible for a container, but is it also possible for a Swarm Service? If yes, I can't find how to do that in…
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SFTP not working

I have a CentOS server where I have installed the vsftpd service, however I am getting the error bash: sftp: command not found Even the which sftp command can't find this service. Detailed steps below : As root: yum install vsftpd Total download…
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error using lftp to make secure ftp connection to vsftd: gnutls_record_recv

Trying to contact vsftpd using lftp with FTPS (FTP over SSL). However I keep getting an error like this: gnutls_record_recv: A record packet with illegal version was received What is the solution?
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Where/How is generated the html code of vsftpd?

I mean the html code generated when you get into ftp://yourserver... I tried to google it with no luck, not found in the project webpage either. I'd like to modify that code to do it more mobile friendly. Thank you in advance
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Controlling FTP server with PHP

I have been searching the internet for an answer to my question "Can PHP control a FTP server like Vsftpd", however could not find anything. What I looking for is a way for PHP to control what users can connect to my FTP server. What I also want to…
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Using allow_writeable_chroot=YES in vsftpd.conf

I've had difficulty setting up vsftpd on my apache2 server. I was getting this error: GnuTLS error -15: An unexpected TLS packet was received. Tried a number of things including updating gnutsl, permissions, different ftp clients, etc. I…
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Can not connect vsftpd remotely?

I have a home network with a raspberryPi and a Windows computer. I want to share files between these two via FTP. So I have downloaded, installed and configured VSFTPD on my raspberryPi. Now I can connect this server locally from rasPi but not from…
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Cannot connect remotely to VSFTPD running on Amazon Linux EC2

I have installed VSFTP and configured it by adding the following lines... pasv_enable=YES pasv_min_port=1024 pasv_max_port=1048 pasv_address= Then I added the port ranges 1024 - 1048 and 20 - 21. I then restarted VSFTPD and I can reach…
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FTP server with vsftpd: configuring SSL/TLS

I am setting up my own FTP server on a Raspberry Pi (OS : debian wheezy). I have installed vsftpd, and I wanted to secure it with SSL/TLS (it worked well when ssl is disabled). [following sections were edited] I followed the tutorial here:…
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Installing latest version of vsftpd on an ec2-linux AMI

I installed vsftpd on my Amazon ec2-linux AMI using sudo yum install vsftpd. However, it installs version 2.2.2. How do I install version 3.0.2? I downloaded the tar file from https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html, extracted it, and followed the…
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vsftpd - can not set PASV mode: 500 OOPS: socket

I ported vsftpd on my ARM based board running under linux 3.0.8 kernel. When I try to establish a ftp connection to the board using Filezilla (3.7.3), I get the following error: Status: Connecting to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:21 Status: Connection…
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Linux VSFTPD : Jail a "Specific SFTP User" to its home?

I'm using both Redhat and CentOS. I previously wanted to jail a "Specific User" to its home. Then i got it by following this answer. When the user (lets say, using FileZilla) use: Protocol: FTP .. it is fine! But again there, when the user…
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