Installation of ftp server

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Now, lets install a ftp server, my choice for ftp server is vsftpd and to install it you will have to do the following.

  • 1. sudo apt-get install inetutils-inetd vsftpd
  • 2. sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd stop
  • 3. sudo vi /etc/vsftpd.conf
  • 4. Change the following lines: 
listen=NO
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
ftpd_banner=Welcome to this private FTP service, all activities will be logged.
chroot_local_user=YES
secure_chroot_dir=/var/tmp/vsftpd
  • 5. Save and exit
  • 6. sudo mkdir /var/tmp/vsftpd
  • 7. 
sudo update-inetd --add "ftp\tstream\ttcp\tnowait\troot\t/usr/sbin/tcpd\t/usr/sbin/vsftpd"
  • 8. sudo vi /etc/pam.d/vsftpd
  • 9. Add the following line at the end: 
auth    required        pam_listfile.so item=group sense=allow file=/etc/ftpgroups onerr=succeed
  • 10. Save and exit
  • 11. Create a file /etc/ftpgroups that contains a single row: 
users_ftp
  • 12. Make sure the following line exists in /etc/hosts.deny, if not add it: 
ALL: ALL
The above will make sure only hosts listed in hosts.allow can access the FTP server
  • 13. sudo vi /etc/hosts.allow
  • 14. Add a line like this where 192.168.0.0 is your local network or whatever network you want to be able to access your ftp server: 
vsftpd : 127.0.0.1,192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0
  • 15. Save and exit
  • 16. Restart the ftp with: 
sudo /etc/init.d/inetutils-inetd restart
  • 17. sudo groupadd users_ftp
  • 18. For each user that you want shall be able to access the ftp server run the following command where xxx is the username: 
sudo addgroup xxx users_ftp

You should now be able to use your newly installed FTP server

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