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  <!ENTITY vsftpd-download-ftp  "ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/vsftpd-&vsftpd-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY vsftpd-size          "148 KB">
  <!ENTITY vsftpd-buildsize     "492 KB">
  <!ENTITY vsftpd-time          "0.0 SBU">
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<sect1 id="vsftpd" xreflabel="vsFTPD-&vsftpd-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="vsftpd.html"?>
<title>vsFTPD-&vsftpd-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to vsFTPD</title>

<para>The <application>vsFTPD</application> package contains a very secure and
very small FTP daemon. This is useful for serving files over a network.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP):<ulink url="&vsftpd-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vsftpd-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &vsftpd-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &vsftpd-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &vsftpd-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>vsFTPD</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>,
<xref linkend="openssl"/>, and
<xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>vsFTPD</application></title>

<para>For security reasons, running <application>vsFTPD</application> as an
unprivileged user and group is encouraged. Also, we need a user to map
anonymous users to.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>install -d -m 0755 /var/ftp/empty &amp;&amp;
install -d -m 0755 /home/ftp &amp;&amp;
groupadd vsftpd &amp;&amp;
useradd -d /dev/null -g vsftpd -s /bin/false vsftpd &amp;&amp;
groupadd ftp &amp;&amp;
useradd -c anonymous_user -d /home/ftp -g ftp -s /bin/false ftp</command>
</userinput></screen>

<para>Install <application>vsFTPD</application> by running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make &amp;&amp;
install -m 755 vsftpd /usr/sbin/vsftpd &amp;&amp;
install -m 644 vsftpd.8 /usr/share/man/man8 &amp;&amp;
install -m 644 vsftpd.conf.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &amp;&amp;
install -m 644 vsftpd.conf /etc
</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>install -d [...]</parameter>: This creates the directory that
anonymous users will use (/home/ftp) and the directory the daemon will chroot
into (/var/ftp/empty).</para>

<note><para><filename class="directory">/home/ftp</filename> should not be
owned by the user vsftpd, or the user ftp.</para></note>

<para><parameter>echo "#define VSF_BUILD_TCPWRAPPERS" >>builddefs.h</parameter>:
Use this prior to make to add support for tcpwrappers.</para>

<para><parameter>echo "#define VSF_BUILD_SSL" >>builddefs.h</parameter>:
Use this prior to make to add support for SSL.</para>

<para><parameter>install -m [...]</parameter>:
The Makefile hardwires /usr/local (if it exists). We want the files in /usr.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>vsFTPD</application></title>

<sect3><title>vsftpd init.d script</title>
<para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd</filename>
init script included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
                                                                                                                
<screen><userinput><command>make install-vsftpd</command></userinput></screen>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>

<para><filename>/etc/vsftpd.conf</filename></para> <para>vsFTPD comes with a
basic anonymous-only configuration file that was copied to /etc above. We will
modify this file because it is now recommended to run vsFTPD in standalone mode
as opposed to inetd/xinetd mode. Also, we need to specify the priviledge
separation user we created above. Finally, we need to specify the chroot
directory.  <command>man vsftpd.conf</command> will give you all the
details.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/vsftpd.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
background=YES
listen=YES
nopriv_user=vsftpd
secure_chroot_dir=/var/ftp/empty
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen></sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>vsFTPD</application> package contains
<command>vsftpd</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>vsftpd</title>
<para><command>vsftpd</command> is the daemon itself.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>