[d7c8734] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[d7c8734] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[436af1c] | 7 | <!ENTITY vsftpd-download-http "https://security.appspot.com/downloads/vsftpd-&vsftpd-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY vsftpd-download-ftp " ">
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[f6d2da1] | 9 | <!ENTITY vsftpd-md5sum "8b00c749719089401315bd3c44dddbb2">
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[59c4cab] | 10 | <!ENTITY vsftpd-size "196 KB">
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[5f2eb36] | 11 | <!ENTITY vsftpd-buildsize "1.8 MB">
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[939e5f5] | 12 | <!ENTITY vsftpd-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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[620b04a] | 13 | <!ENTITY vsftpd-empty "/usr/share/vsftpd/empty">
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[d7c8734] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[32ccdf34] | 16 | <sect1 id="vsftpd" xreflabel="vsftpd-&vsftpd-version;">
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[f8ff412] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="vsftpd.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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[32ccdf34] | 24 | <title>vsftpd-&vsftpd-version;</title>
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[f8ff412] | 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="vsftpd">
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[32ccdf34] | 27 | <primary sortas="a-vsftpd">vsftpd</primary>
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[f8ff412] | 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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[4e82a189] | 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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[32ccdf34] | 31 | <title>Introduction to vsftpd</title>
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[f8ff412] | 32 |
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[32ccdf34] | 33 | <para>The <application>vsftpd</application> package contains a very
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[f8ff412] | 34 | secure and very small FTP daemon. This is useful for serving files
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| 35 | over a network.</para>
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| 36 |
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[2c95b08] | 37 | &lfs77_checked;
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[5f2eb36] | 38 |
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[f8ff412] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&vsftpd-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vsftpd-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &vsftpd-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &vsftpd-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &vsftpd-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &vsftpd-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | </itemizedlist>
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| 60 |
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[32ccdf34] | 61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">vsftpd Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[f8ff412] | 62 |
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| 63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[e79ed72] | 64 | <para role="optional">
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[56605b9] | 65 | <xref linkend="libcap-pam"/>,
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[2f62a072] | 66 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>, and
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| 67 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>
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[e79ed72] | 68 | </para>
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[f8ff412] | 69 |
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[3cb0c57] | 70 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 71 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/vsftpd"/></para>
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| 72 |
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[f8ff412] | 73 | </sect2>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[32ccdf34] | 76 | <title>Installation of vsftpd</title>
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[f8ff412] | 77 |
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[32ccdf34] | 78 | <para>For security reasons, running <application>vsftpd</application>
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[939e5f5] | 79 | as an unprivileged user and group is encouraged. Also, a user should be
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| 80 | created to map anonymous users. As the <systemitem
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| 81 | class="username">root</systemitem> user, create the needed directories,
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| 82 | users, and groups with the following commands:</para>
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[f8ff412] | 83 |
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[620b04a] | 84 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m 0755 &vsftpd-empty; &&
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| 85 | install -v -d -m 0755 /home/ftp &&
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| 86 | groupadd -g 47 vsftpd &&
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| 87 | groupadd -g 45 ftp &&
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[283bd88] | 88 |
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[5f2eb36] | 89 | useradd -c "vsftpd User" -d /dev/null -g vsftpd -s /bin/false -u 47 vsftpd &&
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| 90 | useradd -c anonymous_user -d /home/ftp -g ftp -s /bin/false -u 45 ftp</userinput></screen>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <para>If you did not install the optional <application>libcap2</application> package,
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| 93 | run the following to avoid a build error:</para>
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| 94 |
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[1365d551] | 95 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's|#define VSF_SYSDEP_HAVE_LIBCAP|//&|' sysdeputil.c</userinput></screen>
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[d7c8734] | 96 |
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[32ccdf34] | 97 | <para>Build <application>vsftpd</application> as an unprivileged user
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[2bc0646] | 98 | using the following command:</para>
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[d7c8734] | 99 |
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[939e5f5] | 100 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 101 |
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[81d09ea] | 102 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 103 |
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[939e5f5] | 104 | <para>Once again, become the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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[32ccdf34] | 105 | user and install <application>vsftpd</application> with the following
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[939e5f5] | 106 | commands:</para>
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| 107 |
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[5f2eb36] | 108 | <screen><userinput>install -v -m 755 vsftpd /usr/sbin/vsftpd &&
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| 109 | install -v -m 644 vsftpd.8 /usr/share/man/man8 &&
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[f8ff412] | 110 | install -v -m 644 vsftpd.conf.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &&
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[5f2eb36] | 111 | install -v -m 644 vsftpd.conf /etc</userinput></screen>
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[d7c8734] | 112 |
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[f8ff412] | 113 | </sect2>
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[d7c8734] | 114 |
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[f8ff412] | 115 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 116 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[d7c8734] | 117 |
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[2bc0646] | 118 | <para><command>install -v -d ...</command>: This creates the
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[f8ff412] | 119 | directory that anonymous users will use (<filename
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| 120 | class='directory'>/home/ftp</filename>)
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| 121 | and the directory the daemon will chroot into
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[620b04a] | 122 | (<filename class='directory'>&vsftpd-empty;</filename>).</para>
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[d7c8734] | 123 |
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[f8ff412] | 124 | <note>
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| 125 | <para><filename class="directory">/home/ftp</filename> should not be
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| 126 | owned by the user <systemitem class="username">vsftpd</systemitem>,
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| 127 | or the user <systemitem class="username">ftp</systemitem>.</para>
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| 128 | </note>
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[d7c8734] | 129 |
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[2bc0646] | 130 | <para><command>echo "#define VSF_BUILD_TCPWRAPPERS" >>builddefs.h</command>:
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[f8ff412] | 131 | Use this prior to <command>make</command> to add support for
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| 132 | <application>tcpwrappers</application>.</para>
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[d7c8734] | 133 |
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[2bc0646] | 134 | <para><command>echo "#define VSF_BUILD_SSL" >>builddefs.h</command>:
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[f8ff412] | 135 | Use this prior to <command>make</command> to add support for SSL.</para>
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[d7c8734] | 136 |
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[2bc0646] | 137 | <para><command>install -v -m ...</command>:
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| 138 | The <filename>Makefile</filename> uses non-standard installation paths.
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| 139 | These commands install the files in
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| 140 | <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> and
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| 141 | <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename>.</para>
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[d7c8734] | 142 |
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[f8ff412] | 143 | </sect2>
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[d7c8734] | 144 |
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[f8ff412] | 145 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[32ccdf34] | 146 | <title>Configuring vsftpd</title>
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[d7c8734] | 147 |
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[f8ff412] | 148 | <sect3 id="vsftpd-config">
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| 149 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[1586494] | 150 |
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[f8ff412] | 151 | <para><filename>/etc/vsftpd.conf</filename></para>
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[d7c8734] | 152 |
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[f8ff412] | 153 | <indexterm zone="vsftpd vsftpd-config">
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| 154 | <primary sortas="e-etc-vsftpd.conf">/etc/vsftpd.conf</primary>
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| 155 | </indexterm>
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[d7c8734] | 156 |
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[f8ff412] | 157 | </sect3>
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[d7c8734] | 158 |
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[f8ff412] | 159 | <sect3>
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| 160 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[d7c8734] | 161 |
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[32ccdf34] | 162 | <para><application>vsftpd</application> comes with a basic
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[f8ff412] | 163 | anonymous-only configuration file that was copied to
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[939e5f5] | 164 | <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename> above. While still as
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| 165 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, this file should be
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[f8ff412] | 166 | modified because it is now recommended to run <command>vsftpd</command>
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[59048cd9] | 167 | in standalone mode. <!-- as opposed to
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| 168 | <command>inetd</command>/<command>xinetd</command> mode. -->Also, you
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[f8ff412] | 169 | should specify the privilege separation user created above. Finally,
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| 170 | you should specify the <command>chroot</command> directory.
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| 171 | <command>man vsftpd.conf</command> will give you all the details.</para>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/vsftpd.conf << "EOF"
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| 174 | <literal>background=YES
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[d7c8734] | 175 | listen=YES
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| 176 | nopriv_user=vsftpd
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[620b04a] | 177 | secure_chroot_dir=&vsftpd-empty;</literal>
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[f8ff412] | 178 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[d7c8734] | 179 |
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[f8ff412] | 180 | </sect3>
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[d7c8734] | 181 |
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[f8ff412] | 182 | <sect3 id="vsftpd-init">
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| 183 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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[d7c8734] | 184 |
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[f8ff412] | 185 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd</filename>
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| 186 | init script included in the
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[5254d12] | 187 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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[d7c8734] | 188 |
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[f8ff412] | 189 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-vsftpd</userinput></screen>
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[d7c8734] | 190 |
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[f8ff412] | 191 | </sect3>
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[d7c8734] | 192 |
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[f8ff412] | 193 | </sect2>
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[d7c8734] | 194 |
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[f8ff412] | 195 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 196 | <title>Contents</title>
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[d7c8734] | 197 |
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[f8ff412] | 198 | <segmentedlist>
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| 199 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 200 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 201 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <seglistitem>
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| 204 | <seg>vsftpd</seg>
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| 205 | <seg>None</seg>
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[620b04a] | 206 | <seg>//usr/share/vsftpd, /home/ftp</seg>
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[f8ff412] | 207 | </seglistitem>
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| 208 | </segmentedlist>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <variablelist>
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| 211 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 212 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 213 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[d7c8734] | 214 |
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[f8ff412] | 215 | <varlistentry id="vsftpd-prog">
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| 216 | <term><command>vsftpd</command></term>
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| 217 | <listitem>
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| 218 | <para>is the FTP daemon.</para>
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| 219 | <indexterm zone="vsftpd vsftpd-prog">
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| 220 | <primary sortas="b-vsftpd">vsftpd</primary>
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| 221 | </indexterm>
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| 222 | </listitem>
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| 223 | </varlistentry>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | </variablelist>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | </sect2>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | </sect1>
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