Does anyone know about vsftpd?

same4u · #1 12th January 2011, 06:36 PM

We have a fedora 10 server set up with vsftpd. We want to limit the permission for certain remote users.
vsftpd was installed into the server before I got here and now I have to figure out how to use it.
Any hints or guides will help, with vsftpd administration or through terminal. I have already visited
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/w...P_Server_Setup
and gone over it, but it is more general than for what I need. Unless someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, help! I'm stuck!

We have a fedora 10 server set up with vsftpd. We want to limit the permission for certain remote users.
vsftpd was installed into the server before I got here and now I have to figure out how to use it.
Any hints or guides will help, with vsftpd administration or through terminal. I have already visited
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/w...P_Server_Setup
and gone over it, but it is more general than for what I need. Unless someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, help! I'm stuck!

We have a fedora 10 server set up with vsftpd. We want to limit the permission for certain remote users.
vsftpd was installed into the server before I got here and now I have to figure out how to use it.
Any hints or guides will help, with vsftpd administration or through terminal. I have already visited
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/w...P_Server_Setup
and gone over it, but it is more general than for what I need. Unless someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, help! I'm stuck!

leigh123linux · #2 12th January 2011, 09:18 PM

Threads merged and moved to EOL (End Of Life) Versions

Your going to be well stuck when I ban you for quadruple posting, please don't do it again ever.

RupertPupkin · #3 12th January 2011, 09:20 PM

Code:

man vsftpd.conf

same4u · #4 12th January 2011, 09:26 PM

It won't happen again.

hopefully that manual will help. Thanks.

leigh123linux · #5 12th January 2011, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by same4u

It won't happen again.

hopefully that manual will help. Thanks.

Thank you.

same4u · #6 12th January 2011, 11:22 PM

Well, I am much more knowledgeable about vsftpd, but I have not found my answer yet.

diamond_ramsey · #7 13th January 2011, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by same4u

Well, I am much more knowledgeable about vsftpd, but I have not found my answer yet.

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Try here -

http://vsftpd.beasts.org

and

ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans...ftpd-2.3.2/FAQ
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Hope this helps.

forkbomb · #8 13th January 2011, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by same4u

Well, I am much more knowledgeable about vsftpd, but I have not found my answer yet.

Perhaps that's because you haven't really asked a question...

Darton · #9 13th January 2011, 02:36 AM

The main question is in the thread title, and the answer seems to be no. But I do know plenty about proftpd and pure-ftpd, both of which support virtual users. The files can belong to a user created to run the FTP server, and you can control access through the application rather than worrying about system accounts or file permissions.

http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pur....Virtual-Users

http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/VirtualUsers.html

Both are in the distro repositories.

Also, from ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans...tpd-2.3.2/FAQ:

Quote:

Q) Help! Does vsftpd support virtual users?
A) Yes, via PAM integration. Set "guest_enable=YES" in /etc/vsftpd.conf. This
has the effect of mapping every non-anonymous successful login to the local
username specified in "guest_username". Then, use PAM and (e.g.) its pam_userdb
module to provide authentication against an external (i.e. non-/etc/passwd)
repository of users.
Note - currently there is a restriction that with guest_enable enabled, local
users also get mapped to guest_username.
There is an example of virtual users setup in the "EXAMPLE" directory.