Questions tagged [vsftpd]
The "Very Secure FTPD" is a *nix (Unix, Linux) FTP Server.
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I have 2 ftp users in ubuntu and chroot them to their home directories. Can't login if /bin/false or /sbin/nologin
I have an FTP server configured using vsftpd and created 2 users.
ftpuser1
ftpuser2
these are chrooted to their /home directories.
I cannot login into ftp if i changed the shell of the user accounts ...
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Passive FTP not working
I rent a VPS and they migrated my account to another machine, causing passive FTP to stop working. I am trying to get it working again without luck.
Active mode works fine, but when it is on passive ...
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Allow user to access root ftp directory
I have the following situation: I have a sensor that has data streaming capability over FTP, however it is not possible to specify which folder to use to save the data.
After I input the FTP server IP,...
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FTP Server responds on localhost, but not pc on same subnet
I am now running Ubuntu 22.04 after recently upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04. I am using the latest vsftpd. I have verified that I can ftp to the localhost and see the contents of the directory once I'm ...
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OOPS: cannot read user list file:/etc/vsftpd.user_list error with VSFTP using MySQL as user backend
I want to set up a VSFTP server in Ubuntu 22.04.4 with MySQL as a backend to store the users.
I've used this guide to set it up (it's for CentOS but except for the part on pam_mysql.so it's the ...
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vsftpd fails LIST command even when firewall is off and on localhost
I installed vsftpd and am using ufw as my firewall. I can connect to the ftp server, login, and change directories, but any attempt at using a LIST command times out from both external and localhost. ...
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How I can see that vsftpd's users write as the password on my ubuntu?
I have ubuntu 20.04 and I give ftp access for 35 customers for uploading files for us. Everything was right but today one customer change his server and cannot connect. He wrote a wrong password. I ...
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VSFTPD - 500 OOPS - missing value in config file : the presence of éthe "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it
I've been having trouble getting Vsftpd to work. I can't seem to find an answer as to what this error means not and the missing value is?
What and where is the "-R" option supposed to be at ?...
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VSFTPD - Service can't start with listen=YES
I have troubles with vsftpd service. When I keep default configuration file (vsftpd.conf) systemctl status vsftpd shows output Active: active (running),but when I set only listen=YES the output ...
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Ubuntu Server-Premissions hell-Is there a way to make a demond see a dir configured in a way w/ perms which it is not or is there a other work around?
I have a personal server which I use for various things but one of the main things is for files and file sharing. There are services that required certain permissions for a directory however I want ...
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vsftp connected but timed out on list command
I set up the configuration of vsftpd as follows:
listen=NO
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
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vsftpd issue can't load RSA Certificate
This is my configuration for vsftpd:
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
userlist_deny=NO
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd/user_list
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
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How to set external USB disk as vsftp local_root directory on Ubuntu?
Here is a tutorial I followed and succeeded, but my laptop only has 64GB left, so I want to set the FTP default root directory to my external USB disk。
This USB external storage device is a USB flash ...
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VSFTPD Access error
I have a problem. I configured my vsftpd for two users, using the commands (without forgetting about the configuration file).:
riven@riven:~$ sudo adduser r1ven riven@riven:~$ sudo adduser max ...
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vsftpd server with EFS mount - root device getting full
Another question I couldn't find Google answer for
I have a FTP server with vsftpd, where I mounted AWS EFS drive under /mnt/
all the user directories are under
/mnt/efs/fs1/
user1/
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.listing: Permission denied when downloading data via ftp
I have a problem to download data via ftp. I am completely hazy about ftp.
I am trying to get data via wget 'ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/db/nt*.gz'
Even though I set anonymous_enable=YES, ...
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Installing vsftpd
I installed vsftpd with apt install on ubuntu 22.04. Install seems okay but it fails to start because of an Invalid Argument.
I found out the snakeoil files are missing.
Is there a way to recreate ...
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Ftp user that has access to every file and directory
How can I create a user for FTP that has access to every directory and file to write it I'm using the VSFTPD.
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Restrict user (connecting via vsftpd) to a subdirectory inside another user's home directory
I have a problem and I am not sure how to approach it. Some research has let me to different results, like configuring vsftpd, using bindfs or suggesting to move everything to another shared location, ...
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Vsftpd error - 530 Login Incorrect - After Config file, PAM file, User Setup and Other Related Files have been Verified
I know this issue has been asked and answered numerous times, but I have followed every question and answer I can find with no luck, hence asking the question to the community again, hoping that ...
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Trouble setting up FTP (vsftpd) connection with server
I'm trying to transfer files from my Windows 10 laptop to my Ubuntu Server (Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS), and I'd like to use an FTP connection. I'm kind of knew to this, so I don't entirely know what I'm ...
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VSFTPD - Server refuses to login
I have installed vsftpd: version 3.0.3 and below is my configuration (vsftpd.conf):
listen=YES
anonymous_enable=YES
local_enable=NO
anon_root=/srv/ftp/
no_anon_password=YES
listen_address=0.0.0.0
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How to create a VSFTPD user with access to general folder
I have VSFTPD server (PAM+.db). Each user have access to their own folder (home/vftp/$USER). I want to create vsftpd user with access to specific folder (home/vftp) to see all subfolders($USER). How ...
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vsftp - folders cannot be listed when connection is from outside local network
I just installed vsftpd, configuration is following:
listen=NO
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
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Is there a way to get an alert when a file has been dropped in a specific directory? [duplicate]
Running vsftpd on Ubuntu Focal 20.04.3LTS. Is there a way to get a pop-up alert if someone drops a file into my /incoming folder?
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I can't enable passive mod in my ftp server
I have installed vsftpd in a Ubuntu server 20.04. The service works fine, i have connection with it and tha active mode work fine. I tried to enable passive mode but doesn't works. This is my ...
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Open FTP only on certain IP address
on a remote machine there are two network interfaces.
eth0: 10.10.0.15 (VLAN)
eth1: 33.33.22.22 (Public IP)
I want the VSFTPD to only receive and entertain requests from the public IP and ...
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Process Monitoring live log
I would like to monitor a process (vsftpd) under ubuntu 21.10 and I would like to do on command line. It's possible to see when someone is connected and when the download is running? I tried vsftpdwho ...
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How to add a specific path for FTP user home?
I installed recently vsftpd and added a user called ftpuser. I created the /etc/vsftpd.conf file from scratch with the following info:
listen=YES
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
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Can't connect to vsftpd on port 21 when trying to establish FTP connection
I have installed vsftpd on my Linux Ubuntu 21.04 instance using the following:
sudo apt-get install vsftpd
I have enabled FTP in my ufw firewall using the following:
sudo ufw allow ftp
My /etc/...
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Trouble getting VSFTPD server up and running
Installed vsftpd using a how-to step by step found online. Installed without error.
1st error to pop: server didn't prompt for user/pass. Found a doc, applied the fix, and can now use prompt to ...
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vsftpd - restrict users to custom directory not working in Ubuntu 18.04
I have an Ubuntu 18.04 server and I installed vsftpd.
I created a new FTP user following this tutorial: https://devanswers.co/installing-ftp-server-vsftpd-ubuntu-18-04/
I want to lock the user to the ...
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Is it possible to limit an FTP server connection to TLS v1.3 on Ubuntu?
I need to test an FTP client connection to an FTP server that has only TLS v1.3 enabled. All other SSL/TLS versions must be disabled (SSLv3, TLS 1.0, 1.2, 1.3).
I tried to play with the vsftpd ...
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FTP will not accept a requested login
I get the following error message when I try to connect to my vsftpd server:
There was a problem connecting to your host or proxy. Please check your server settings and try again. If you are sure you ...
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500 OOPS returned for anonymous ftp - vsftpd on ubuntu 20.04
I just setup up a vsftpd ftp server on 20.04 with anonymous login for download only/not allowing user to change root dir. When trying to ftp server-ip, received an error:
500 OOPS: vsftpd: cannot ...
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vsftpd LAN and WAN access configuration
I'm using Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS baremetal, with the latest version of vsftpd. I have a very small FTP server at home, but I'm facing the following issue:
If I set the local IP on pasv_address (...
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FTPS. How to upload to a Home Folder only?
Ubuntu 20.04, server.
Wanted to configure the FTPS following instructions:
https://devanswers.co/install-ftp-server-vsftpd-ubuntu-20-04/
Did all actions and got error with FileZilla: Response: 500 ...
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Dolphin uses ftp not sftp when adding network folder
I'm trying to connect to my server with sftp. The server is working just fine. I connected to it from FileZilla. Then I was able to connect to it using Dolphin by just typing in the address: sftp://...
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Permission problem when uploading file via FTP to Apache webserver
I have recently installed Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-70-generic x86_64) and then the latest version of vsftpd as FTP server and the latest version of Apache2 as web server - by the latest I ...
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Configure vsftpd for secure file transfer
I set up the vsftpd server following instructions from web searches and this worked until I tried to secure it.
I have checked all directory names and edited, uninstalled, reinstalled the server ...
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vsftpd could not open /etc/security
Cannot list the directory using winscp from windows 10. Same vsftpd.conf works on Ubuntu 16 with winscp.
vsftpd[2371]: pam_unix(vsftpd:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory
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vsftpd config problem
i've setup a ftp server for my webdev class
i can login on local network, using internet sharing of my phone ( to test remote access ) , with a different user, using another computer ...
but no one ...
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UFW stopping FTP directory list
I have multiple users for my vsftpd instance that users can connect to.
User1 home directory: /ftp/user1 - works fine
User2 home directory: /ftp/user2 - works fine
User3 home directory: /ftp - works ...
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I followed an FTP setup guide to try and setup FTP and now I have to enter my password for every file I want to access
Yesterday I tried to setup an FTP server and I almost got it but no luck. Now all my permissions are screwed up. Whenever I try to access my video files I am asked for password authentication for ...
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How can I install packages from unusual repositories? [duplicate]
I want vsftpd_3.0.3-3ubuntu2
It is a bit old but I can't upgrade any further, being on a 32 bits machine.
This package is still available in many places. For example:
https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/...
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Problem with FTP permissions
We have a folder named FTP. I created a group and gave it permissions like this
sudo chown :group /ftp
sudo chmod 755 /ftp
and then grant that group to me and the other users. I don't know why, but ...
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Problem with chown and vsftpd too slow
So me and a couple of friends have a ubuntu 20.04 server. We installed vsftpd to connect with filezilla and be able to upload and download files.
After like 1 hour playing with the permissions to ...
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Ubuntu vsftpd hide other folder and disable possibility to browse them
I'm relatively new to Linux. I am creating an SFTP server using vsftpd on ubuntu 20. I'm authenticating users with Active directory.
The problem I have, is that even though the user land in their home ...
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How to disable TLS SSL in vsftpd only for a specific user?
I have added ssl_enable=YES to vsftpd.conf to enable secure connection as per this tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-vsftpd-to-use-ssl-tls-on-an-ubuntu-vps
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Upload/create to a folder created from www-data user PHP via FTP user used for VSFTPD, Ubuntu
I have two users:
www-data with a group www-data
ftp_user used for VSFTPD to connect to the server with group www-data
There is a folder owned by ftp_user:www-data for the FTP - ftp_folder with ...
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