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VSFTPD ("Very Secure FTP Daemon") is an FTP server for Unix-like systems, including Linux.

VSFTPD ("Very Secure FTP Daemon") is an server for Unix-like systems, including . It supports and .

Vsftpd is the default FTP server in the , , , and Linux distributions.

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How to create a FTP user with specific /dir/ access only on a Centos / linux installation

So I'm on a VPS - CentOS Linux installation. I have vsFTPd on the server. I currently have SFTP access to the server via my root user, but am now trying to create a new user with FTP access to a specific directory only on the server, I've done the…
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Limit FTP access only to the /var/www with vsftpd

I am running vsftpd as ftp server on my linux (rasbian), I log in to the machine as a root user. I would like to be still locked to using only /var/www, how can I configure vsftpd conf to accomplish it?
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VSFTPD, 553 Could not create file. - permissions?

I've set up vsftpd on Amazon EC2 with the Amazon Linux AMI. I created a user and can now successfully connect via ftp. However, if I try to upload something I get the error message 553 Could not create file. I assume this has to do with…
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Iptables to allow incoming FTP

I want to allow incoming FTP traffic. CentOS 5.4: This is my /etc/sysconfig/iptables file. # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Thu Oct 3 21:23:07 2013 *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [133:14837] -A INPUT -p tcp…
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ls command in ftp> not working!

I was practicing ftp but faced an issue: ls command isn't working on ftp> . Why? I checked on 2 remote servers but ls didn't work on either and gave different output when ls was executed. Please see below for the 2 remote boxes. The below shows my…
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What are the settings to correct vsftpd "500 OOPS: cannot change directory" error?

My question is what settings do I need to change and/or commands to run to allow me to log into my vsftpd system? I am getting this error, when I login using ftp instead of sftp: Name (localhost:dbadmin): dbadmin 331 Please specify the…
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What is meant by "Unknown instance" when restarting a service?

I am trying to get vsftpd file server running on Ubuntu 13.10, I'm unable to connect to the server from another network, although this other network is connected to the server's network and ping is working. Something is suspicious about vsftpd…
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VSFTPD FileZilla GnuTLS error -15 (unexpected TLS packet was received)

I set up two new CentOS 7 boxes simultaneously, so the configurations should be identical, just different ip addresses and host names. I installed VSFTPD and configured for passive ports. One box connects fine, no issues, however the second box…
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vsftpd conditional pasv_address (internal ip vs. external ip)

I have a vsftpd server setup that I'd like to be able to access with passive transfer from an external IP (use of my domain name) and also from my local network (192.168.1.x). Currently I have /etc/vsftpd.conf setup to be accessible…
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vsftpd won't start: "systemd[1]: vsftpd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT"

I have Rapsberry Pi B+ with Arch Linux installation. uname reports version: [computer@computer001 ~]$ uname -a Linux computer001 3.18.3-3-ARCH #1 PREEMPT Mon Jan 26 20:10:28 MST 2015 armv6l GNU/Linux I've installed ftp server via pacman -S vsftpd…
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Installing vsftpd - 500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket?

I have to set up a FTP server on my machine. I have installed vsftpd using the command: sudo apt-get install vsftpd I then edited the configuration file vsftpd.conf in the location /etc. The file contains: #Set the server to run in standalone…
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How to configure SFTP so it behaves like ftp chrooting user to his home directory?

I have installed vsftpd utility on Fedora 10 to restrict users to their (chroot) home directories. It works fine when I use ftp prompt to connect. However it does not work when i connect using sftp. What changes are required in order to achieve same…
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Setting up vsftp

Beginner Hi, So for a school assignment, I have to set up a FTP server (vsftp) on OpenSUSE. The teacher told us to use a chroot list, but whenever I use a chroot list, all users have full control over the whole filesystem. What am I doing…
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How to enable logging (most verbose) for vsftpd?

I'm trying to enable logging for vsftpd so I can see uploads, downloads, and, more specifically, deletion of files; however, I haven't even been able to get normal logging working with a fresh install of centos 6. Setup: [root@sftp01 vsftpd]# cat…
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Why can't anonymous users delete files via ftp?

I've created a new directory "uploads" in /var/ftp. The owner and group of this directory is "ftp" and the permissions are set to 777. Content of my vsftpd.conf file: anonymous_enable=YES local_enable=YES write_enable=YES …
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