Install Pure-FTPd from source
To instal pureftpd from source, go to
http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/releases/
find latest version download link.
Download and Install
At the time of this post, latest version is 1.0.49, always use latest version when you are installing.
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cd /usr/local/src wget https://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/releases/pure-ftpd-1.0.49.tar.gz tar -zxvf pure-ftpd-1.0.49.tar.gz cd pure-ftpd-1.0.* ./configure --with-puredb make make check make install |
The software is now installed in /usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd
To start the server, just run the following command
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/usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd |
Common Errors during install
If you get error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH, install gcc with
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yum install gcc -y |
Firewall
FTP need following ports open in firewall.
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TCP 21 TCP 30000-50000 |
Enable MySQL support
If you need to enable MySQL support in pure-ftpd, then run configure command with following option.
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./configure --with-mysql --with-uploadscript --with-extauth |
Configuration Files
During installation, configuration file get copied to
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/etc/pure-ftpd.conf |
You can edit it as required.
To start pure-ftpd with configuration file, run
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/usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd /etc/pure-ftpd.conf |
To enable system users login, set UnixAuthentication to yes.
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UnixAuthentication yes MinUID 100 |
MinUID specify lowest id of users that is allowed to login to user. You can uncomment it if you need user root or any other system users to login. But this maybe insecure as FTP comminication is done with out encryption.
NAT
If you are behind NAT, you need to uncomment following settings. This is required for most cloud providers like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure. To see if you have NAT, see if your Public IP is configured inside your server. You can list IP configured in your server with command ip a
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PassivePortRange 30000 50000 ForcePassiveIP 192.168.0.1 |
Replace 192.168.0.1 with your public IP. If you are using Amazon AWS, then it will be your Elastic IP address. If you don’t use Elastic IP, then it is your public IP.
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