Setting Up a secure fast ftp server for linux | VSFTP

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# setting up a ftp server #
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wget ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/vsftpd-2.2.0.tar.gz
tar zxvf vsftpd-2.2.0.tar.gz
cd vsftpd-2.2.0
make
adduser nobody
adduser: user nobody exists

mkdir /var/ftp/
useradd -d /var/ftp ftp

(the next two are useful to run even if the user "ftp" already exists).

chown root.root /var/ftp
chmod og-w /var/ftp

Install vsftpd config file, executable, man page, etc.

make install
cp vsftpd.conf /etc

# open conf file and edit

vi /etc/vsftpd.conf

# set anonym ftp to no!

anonymous_enable=NO

# set local users can login and uncomment

local_enable=YES

# set write enable to yes and uncomment

write_enable=YES

#other settings

local_umask=022
connect_from_port_20=NO

chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

##save file

#add users that you want enable ftp

vi /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

#I added two user

www-data
mustafat

#add following lines to pam file

vi /etc/pam.d/vsftpd

# Standard behaviour for ftpd(8).

auth required pam_listfile.so item=user sense=allow file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list onerr=fail


# Note: vsftpd handles anonymous logins on its own. Do not enable
# pam_ftp.so.

# Standard blurb.
@include common-account
@include common-session

@include common-auth
auth required pam_shells.so
account required pam_unix.so
session required pam_unix.so

# to add to start up

vi /etc/rc.local

# add following line

/usr/local/sbin/vsftpd &

Reference : ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-2.2.0/INSTALL
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