Tag: pureftpd Ubuntu

  • Install pureftpd on Ubuntu

    To install pure-ftpd on Ubuntu, run

    apt install pure-ftpd -y

    Create a system user

    useradd -d /var/www -s /bin/bash USERNAME
chown -R USERNAME:USERNAME /var/www
passwd USERNAME

    Enable Unix Authentication

    To allow system user to login using FTP, edit file

    vi /etc/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.conf

    Uncomment the line

    UnixAuthentication           yes

    Or

    echo 'yes' > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/UnixAuthentication

    On Ubuntu, after default install, you have following settins.

    root@server:/etc/pure-ftpd/auth# ll
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 28 05:52 ./
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jan 28 06:20 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   26 Feb  5  2018 65unix -> ../conf/UnixAuthentication
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   25 Feb  5  2018 70pam -> ../conf/PAMAuthentication
root@server:~# cat /etc/pure-ftpd/auth/65unix 
no
root@server:~# cat /etc/pure-ftpd/auth/70pam 
yes
root@server:~#

    PAMAuthentication enabled. UnixAutehticiation disabled. This allow system users to login using PAM.

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