%general-entities; ]> $Date$ Proftpd The ProFTPD package contains a secure and highly configurable FTP daemon. This is useful for serving large file archives over a network. &lfs101_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &proftpd-md5sum; Download size: &proftpd-size; Estimated disk space required: &proftpd-buildsize; Estimated build time: &proftpd-time; ProFTPD Dependencies Optional , , , or MySQL, , , and Net::SSH2 User Notes: For security reasons, you should install ProFTPD using an unprivileged user and group. As the root user: groupadd -g 46 proftpd && useradd -c proftpd -d /srv/ftp -g proftpd \ -s /usr/bin/proftpdshell -u 46 proftpd && install -v -d -m775 -o proftpd -g proftpd /srv/ftp && ln -v -s /bin/false /usr/bin/proftpdshell && echo /usr/bin/proftpdshell >> /etc/shells Install ProFTPD as an unprivileged user by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/run && make This packages does not come with a usable test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && install -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/proftpd-&proftpd-version; && cp -Rv doc/* /usr/share/doc/proftpd-&proftpd-version; install -v -d -m775 -o proftpd -g proftpd /srv/ftp: Create the home directory for ProFTPD. ln -v -s /bin/false /usr/bin/proftpdshell: Set the default shell as a link to an invalid shell. echo /usr/bin/proftpdshell >> /etc/shells: Fake a valid shell for compatibility purposes. The above two commands can be omitted if the following directive is placed in the configuration file: RequireValidShell off By default, proftpd will require that users logging in have valid shells. The RequireValidShell directive turns off this requirement. This is only recommended if you are setting up your FTP server exclusively for anonymous downloads. Support for most of the dependency packages requires using options passed to the configure script. View the output from ./configure --help for complete information about enabling dependency packages. /etc/proftpd.conf /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 MaxInstances 30 # Set the user and group that the server normally runs at. User proftpd Group proftpd # To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home # directory, uncomment this line. #DefaultRoot ~ # Normally, files should be overwritable. <Directory /*> AllowOverwrite on </Directory> # A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories. <Anonymous ~proftpd> User proftpd Group proftpd # Clients should be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "proftpd" UserAlias anonymous proftpd # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins MaxClients 10 # 'welcome.msg' should be displayed at login, and '.message' displayed # in each newly chdired directory. DisplayLogin welcome.msg DisplayChdir .message # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot <Limit WRITE> DenyAll </Limit> </Anonymous> EOF Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd init script proftpd.service unit included in the package: proftpd make install-proftpd Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directory ftpasswd, ftpcount, ftpdctl, ftpmail, ftpquota, ftpscrub, ftpshut, ftptop, ftpwho, in.proftpd (symlink to proftpd), proftpd, and prxs None /usr/{include,lib}/proftpd, /usr/share/doc/proftpd-&proftpd-version;, and /srv/ftp Short Descriptions proftpd is the FTP daemon proftpd ftpcount shows the current number of connections ftpcount ftpdctl is used to control the proftpd daemon while it is running ftpdctl ftpasswd is a Perl script designed to create and manage AuthUserFiles and AuthGroupFiles of the correct format for proftpd ftpasswd ftpmail is a Perl script for sending email based on the proftpd TransferLog ftpmail ftpquota is a Perl script designed to create and manage limits and tally files for the mod_quotatab + mod_quotatab_file module combination for proftpd ftpquota ftpscrub provides a way to scrub the scoreboard file on demand ftpscrub ftpshut shuts down all proftpd servers at a given time ftpshut ftptop displays running status on connections ftptop ftpwho shows current process information for each session ftpwho prxs is a Perl script designed to compile and install third-party modules, from source code, as DSO modules for the installed proftpd prxs