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vsftpd is a secure and fast FTP server for UNIX-like systems that is used on many large and critical Internet sites. Its rich feature set includes SSL encryption, IPv6, bandwidth throttling, PAM integration, virtual users, virtual IPs and per-user / per-IP configuration. Note: Questions MUST be programming related.

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About vsftpd

vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast. It is stable. Don't take my word for it, though. Below, we will see evidence supporting all three assertions. We will also see a list of a few important sites which are happily using vsftpd. This demonstrates vsftpd is a mature and trusted solution. Features

Despite being small for purposes of speed and security, many more complicated FTP setups are achievable with vsftpd! By no means an exclusive list, vsftpd will handle:

  • Virtual IP configurations
  • Virtual users
  • Standalone or inetd operation
  • Powerful per-user configurability
  • Bandwidth throttling
  • Per-source-IP configurability
  • Per-source-IP limits
  • IPv6
  • Encryption support through SSL integration
  • etc...
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vsftpd error Listing Directories

I installed vsftpd on amazon ec2 with fedora instance and it is the latest version but I am getting the error: In CuteFTP: COMMAND:> PASV 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,10,46,14,20) COMMAND:> LIST ERROR:> Can’t connect to remote server. Socket…
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vsftpd returns 0,0,0,0 in response to PASV

I set up an FTP server on AWS EC2 (Ubuntu16.04) with passive mode (PASV), but it doesn't work. However, it works with EPSV, don't know why. I searched around but find no answers, any body can help me with this? 1. vsftpd…
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"Boolean ftp_home_dir not defined" CentOS 7 error

I was installing vsftpd on CentOS 7 and when I run setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on Server results: Boolean ftp_home_dir is not defined I needed run it for SELinux allows users to work on FTP.
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vsftpd - Cannot upload files to the server. Error 553

I have installed and configured vsftpd on EC2. Reading & Writing was working until I restarted the server. I checked the usual suspects chmod -R 777 /home/data_feed, chown -R datafeed:ftpuser /home/data_feed. But still can't write to the server. The…
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vsftpd Login is not successful

I tried installing vsftpd in Ubuntu 15 through apt-get install vsftpd and configured the /etc/vsftpd.conf file. But when I type in terminal as ftp localhost, it prompted for username and password. I entered ftp as username but no idea about the…
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how to force accept only ssl connections in vsftpd?

I did install and configure vsftpd with ssl using openssl. But I want to accept only ssl connections, or, in other words, deny non-ssl connections.
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vsftpd : Make sure data transfers are encrypted?

So here is my 'problem', I set up an FTP server thanks to vsftpd so that both login & data transfers should be encrypted. Here is the interesting part of my vsftpd.conf…
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Setting up VSFTPD user to have write access to apache2's html directory

Seems like this should be easy, but I'm really struggling here. I'm not well versed on Linux but I can get around. I just setup a new Ubuntu v20.04.2 Server and installed Apache2 on it. I then installed VSFTPD on it as well. Now I'm trying to get it…
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Cannot rename file using apache commons vfs for vsftpd in ubuntu 18.04

I am trying to rename the file in vsftpd server using apache commons vfs, moveTo function is working fine in local system OS (Kubuntu 19.04) and VSFTPD server but when I try to rename the file in a test environment which has ubuntu 18.04 I am not…
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Clone a remote Git repo (Server denied you to change to the given directory)

I have a git repo set on a remote server. I'm trying to clone it on my own PC with this command : git clone ftp://x.x.x.x/testGit/ testGit But I keep getting the error : fatal: unable to access 'ftp://x.x.x.x/testGit/': Server denied you to…
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Encrypted password in Berkeley DB for vsftpd using pam_userdb.so

I am trying to install a vsftpd with some virtual users using the Berkeley DB. I have mainly followed this guide: http://www.neant.ro/2012/04/secure-ftp-with-vsftpd/ . Everything works fine, but I want to have the passwords hashed inside the…
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FTP server hosting in Azure Kubernetes

I am hosting an FTP server basically vsftpd server in a Azure Kubernetes pod. I have exposed it using a Load balancer type service. I have also forwarded all the exposed ports to the service.I am still unable to connect to the server in passive…
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Running an ftp server on nixos

I would like to run an ftp server on a nixos host. I am using vsftpd, though could use something else if that would make a difference. The ftp works fine on localhost, but the firewall is blocking me for remote usage. I have allowed TCP port 21,…
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ftp_put "Failed to establish connection" error with FTP SSL connection on some server

I've created a PHP script in order to make backups of web projects. It consists of make a .tar.gz archive, and the send it to a personal FTP Server (with vsftpd). From many Web server it works fine, but from one particular Web server the script not…
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Setting proper User permissions in VSftpD (Ubuntu Server)

I recently set up an Ubuntu Server (32-bit, 11.04) and setup LAMP. I'm trying to configure VSftpD so I can transfer files locally from my laptop to the Ubuntu server. I was able to follow various tutorials to create the CHroot user list. I was able…
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