Simple 10 Steps away to setup FTP Server on your Linux box and its Life time free !!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thtats the power of Linux !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conside you already Linux running, you like to setup FTP Server – easy and peezy !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Environment : Ubunut Linux<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 1 : Install vsftpd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n apt-get install vsftpd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step2 : Create a FTP User<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n #adduser balajibandi ( Follow the instruction in the menu) – with the password<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you Create a User it will crate user directory in \/home (this where user files stores)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \/home\/balajibandi<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lets create a directory for ftp<\/p>\n\n\n\n mkdir \/home\/balajibandi\/ftp Step3: edit vsftpd.conf to make it work. (my config look as below)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n listen=NO step 4 : adding user to vsfdlist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n echo “balajibandi” | sudo tee -a \/etc\/vsftpd.userlist<\/p>\n\n\n\n step 5: start the service <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \/etc\/init.d\/vsftpd start – start the service<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \/etc\/init.d\/vsftpd status – check the status<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf vsftpd.service – vsftpd FTP server May 0X 12:14:38 BB-SYSLOG systemd[1]: Starting vsftpd FTP server\u2026 Step 6 : check the FTP connection with user created,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Use any FTP Client and connect<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 7: Check the Logs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CONNECT: Client “::ffff:10.18.94.19” Step 8 : You can do Cron Job or any email alerts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 9 : keep checking the folder size and do home clearning work.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 10 : Relax and you setup free FTP Service for Life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n happy Labbbbing !!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Simple 10 Steps away to setup FTP Server on your Linux box and its Life time free !!!! Thtats the power of Linux ! Conside you already Linux running, you like to setup FTP Server – easy and peezy ! My Environment : Ubunut Linux Step 1 : Install vsftpd apt-get install vsftpd Step2 : […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1553,"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions\/1553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balajibandi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
chown nobody:nogroup \/home\/balajibandi\/ftp
chmod a-w nobody:nogroup \/home\/kempuser\/ftp
chmod a-w \/home\/balajibandi\/ftp
ls -al \/home\/balajibandi\/ftp
mkdir \/home\/balajibandi\/ftp\/files
chown balajibandi:balajibandi \/home\/kempuser\/ftp\/files<\/p>\n\n\n\n
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_file=\/var\/log\/vsftpd.log
chroot_local_user=YES
user_sub_token=$USER
local_root=\/home\/$USER\/ftp
pasv_min_port=40000
pasv_max_port=50000
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=\/etc\/vsftpd.userlist
userlist_deny=NO
secure_chroot_dir=\/var\/run\/vsftpd\/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd<\/p>\n\n\n\n\/etc\/init.d\/vsftpd status<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Loaded: loaded (\/lib\/systemd\/system\/vsftpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue XXXXXX BST; 2h 32min ago
Process: 21814 ExecStartPre=\/bin\/mkdir -p \/var\/run\/vsftpd\/empty (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 21816 (vsftpd)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: \/system.slice\/vsftpd.service
\u2514\u250021816 \/usr\/sbin\/vsftpd \/etc\/vsftpd.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May 0X 12:14:38 BB-PR-SYSLOG systemd[1]: Started vsftpd FTP server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[kempuser] OK LOGIN: Client “::ffff:10.18.94.19”
[kempuser] OK UPLOAD: Client “::ffff:10.18.94.19”, “\/files\/backup_12.27”, 8686 bytes, 9932.58Kbyte\/sec<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n