In this tutorial we will learn how to install and configure VSFTP server.In this practical we will disable the Anonymous login and will allow system user to login with password.
This tutorial is 2nd part of the post How to install and configure FTP server in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Note: We will install the vsftpd 3.0 package after downloading it into the system. We are not going to use “apt-get install” method . The reason it has bug related to chroot enable. For reference : https://sharadchhetri.com/2013/05/20/500-oops-vsftpd-refusing-to-run-with-writable-root-inside-chroot
To install and configure the FTP Server ,follow the given below steps
Step 1 : Login with superuser and download and install vsftpd package
tux@ubuntu:~$ sudo su -
[sudo] password for tux:
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~# cd /root/
root@ubuntu:~# wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vsftpd/vsftpd_3.0.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
–2013-05-20 09:36:20– http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vsftpd/vsftpd_3.0.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
Resolving security.ubuntu.com (security.ubuntu.com)… 91.189.92.190
, 91.189.92.201, 91.189.92.202, …
Connecting to security.ubuntu.com (security.ubuntu.com)|91.189.92.190|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 114714 (112K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: `vsftpd_3.0.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb’
100%[=========================================================================================>] 114,714 219K/s in 0.5s
2013-05-20 09:36:21 (219 KB/s) – `vsftpd_3.0.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb’ saved [114714/114714]
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~#
root@ubuntu:~# dpkg -i vsftpd_3.0.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
Install the dependency of vsftpd
root@ubuntu:~# apt-get install libcap2
Step 2 : Backup the vsftpd.conf file and edit the given below parameters in vsftpd.conf file.Then restart the vsftpd service.
# cp -p /etc/vsftpd.conf.dpkg-new /etc/vsftpd.conf # cp -p /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf.orig # vi /etc/vsftpd.conf anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES # service vsftpd restart
Note: You can create directly /etc/vsftpd.conf file rather than following just above given steps. Below section has my vsftpd.conf file settings, you can copy and paste the content in your server /etc/vsftpd.conf file.
My /etc/vsftpd.conf is configured like this
root@ubuntu:~# egrep -v '^#|^$' /etc/vsftpd.conf listen=YES anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES dirmessage_enable=YES use_localtime=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty pam_service_name=vsftpd rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key root@ubuntu:~#
Step 3: Now login into FTP server with command line ,web browser or using FTP client(filezilla) .
Give System username and password.After login you can start downloading and uploading the files into FTP server
Note: Bydefault user will login into its home directory (eg. /home/joe)
Below is eg. with command line
linux@tuxworld:/tmp$ ls -l total 24 drwx------ 2 linux linux 4096 May 21 07:35 CRX_75DAF8CB7768 drwxrwxr-x 2 linux linux 4096 May 21 07:18 emptydir drwx------ 2 linux linux 4096 May 21 07:27 pulse-0VcDFPK5pDDt drwx------ 2 lightdm lightdm 4096 May 19 07:49 pulse-2L9K88eMlGn7 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 19 07:48 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n drwxrwxr-x 2 linux linux 4096 May 21 07:19 testdir -rw-rw-r-- 1 linux linux 0 May 21 07:19 testfile1 -rw-rw-r-- 1 linux linux 0 May 21 07:19 testfile2 -rw-rw-r-- 1 linux linux 0 May 21 07:19 testfile3 -rw-rw-r-- 1 linux linux 0 May 21 07:19 testfile4 linux@tuxworld:/tmp$ linux@tuxworld:/tmp$ ftp 10.10.0.25 Connected to 10.10.0.25. 220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2) Name (10.10.0.25:linux): tux 331 Please specify the password. Password: 230 Login successful. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> put testfile1 local: testfile1 remote: testfile1 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. 150 Ok to send data. 226 Transfer complete. ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. 150 Here comes the directory listing. -rw------- 1 1000 1000 0 May 20 11:46 testfile1 -rw------- 1 1000 1000 231190 May 20 05:26 ubuntu.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 199818 May 20 06:05 vsftpd_3.0.2-2_all.deb 226 Directory send OK. ftp> mput testfile2 testfile3 testfile4 mput testfile2? y 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. 150 Ok to send data. 226 Transfer complete. mput testfile3? y 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. 150 Ok to send data. 226 Transfer complete. mput testfile4? y 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. 150 Ok to send data. 226 Transfer complete. ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. 150 Here comes the directory listing. -rw------- 1 1000 1000 0 May 20 11:46 testfile1 -rw------- 1 1000 1000 0 May 20 11:47 testfile2 -rw------- 1 1000 1000 0 May 20 11:47 testfile3 -rw------- 1 1000 1000 0 May 20 11:47 testfile4 -rw------- 1 1000 1000 231190 May 20 05:26 ubuntu.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 199818 May 20 06:05 vsftpd_3.0.2-2_all.deb 226 Directory send OK. ftp> get ubuntu.jpg local: ubuntu.jpg remote: ubuntu.jpg 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for ubuntu.jpg (231190 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 231190 bytes received in 0.01 secs (16026.9 kB/s) ftp> bye 221 Goodbye. linux@tuxworld:/tmp$ ls -l ubuntu.jpg -rw-rw-r-- 1 linux linux 231190 May 21 07:58 ubuntu.jpg linux@tuxworld:/tmp$
Open the web browser in url type, ftp://ipaddress-of-ftp-server. Give system username and password and now you can download the files.
root@Lexington:~# cp -p vsftpd.conf.dpkg-new vsftpd.conf
cp: cannot stat `vsftpd.conf.dpkg-new’: No such file or directory
why? I cut & pasted all these lines?
Hello Neil,
Thanks for reporting the issue.
I did a typo in doc.In my case, the vsftpd.conf.dpkg-new file was created in /etc/ after I install new vsftpd package.
But you can also directly create /etc/vsftpd.conf file.
Just paste the given below contents and restart the vsftpd service