%general-entities; ]> The ProFTPD package contains a secure and highly configurable FTP daemon. This is useful for serving large file archives over a network. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &proftpd-size; Estimated Disk space required: &proftpd-buildsize; Estimated build time: &proftpd-time; For security reasons, running ProFTPD as an unprivileged user and group is encouraged. groupadd proftpd && useradd -c proftpd -d /home/ftp -g proftpd -s /bin/false proftpd Install ProFTPD by running the following commands: install_user=proftpd install_group=proftpd \    ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \    --localstatedir=/var/run && make && make install install_user=proftpd install_group=proftpd: Specify the user and group identity for ProFTPD. --sysconfdir=/etc: This prevents the configuration files from going to /usr/etc. --localstatedir=/var/run: This uses /var/run instead of /usr/var for lock files. Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd init script included in the package. make install-proftpd /etc/proftpd.conf This is a simple, download-only sample configuration. See the ProFTPD documentation in /usr/share/doc/proftpd and consult the website at for example configurations. cat > /etc/proftpd.conf << "EOF" # This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file # It establishes a single server and a single anonymous login. ServerName "ProFTPD Default Installation" ServerType standalone DefaultServer on # Port 21 is the standard FTP port. Port 21 # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files # from being group and world writable. Umask 022 # To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes # to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections # at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works # in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server # that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service # (such as xinetd) MaxInstances 30 # Set the user and group that the server normally runs at. User proftpd Group proftpd # Normally, we want files to be overwritable. <Directory /*> AllowOverwrite on </Directory> # A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories. <Anonymous ~proftpd> User proftpd Group proftpd # We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "proftpd" UserAlias anonymous proftpd # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins MaxClients 10 # We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed # in each newly chdired directory. DisplayLogin welcome.msg DisplayFirstChdir .message # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot <Limit WRITE> DenyAll </Limit> </Anonymous> EOF The ProFTPD package contains ftpcount, ftpshut, ftptop, ftpwho and proftpd. ftpcount shows the current number of connections. ftpshut shuts down all proftpd servers at a given time. ftptop displays running status on connections. ftpwho shows current process information for each session. proftpd is the daemon itself.