HOWTO : Create a FTP server with user access (proftpd)

Do you have a firewall?

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Originally Posted by jbinc1

Do you have a firewall?

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Yes, I do but it is ported open. Calls to the Apache server from outside go through.
It's on the same machine.
I'll mess with it more tomorrow.

I'm still not connecting from a ******* machine using the server's internet address. Using IE I put in the pw and it hangs on "Getting contents of folder".
Times out with "An error occured on the server, make sure you have permission to access that folder". (I know thats a standard Win error format)
I can connect fine using the 192.168 internal though.

More ideas?

Could you post your proftpd.conf, i'd like to see if there isn't something which block the LIST or CWD command, it could come from you configuration file or from wrong system rights in your ftp folder.

Also if you use IE to connect to the ftp server don't forget to specify the port if you don't use port 21, i give you an example corresponding to the guide (which use the port 1980) : ftp:\\sauron@100.12.xx.xxx:1980

I am currently using port 21 because I haven't yet figured out to make a port change in my Netgear FVS318. It has a dropdown for service but no selection of ports.
Still looking for it....
Thank you Frodon!
Here is my conf file:

# To really apply changes reload proftpd after modifications.
AllowOverwrite on
AuthAliasOnly on

# Choose here the user alias you want !!!!
UserAlias steve userftp

ServerName "Ubuntu"
ServerType standalone
DeferWelcome on

UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off

MultilineRFC2228 on
DefaultServer on
ShowSymlinks off

TimeoutNoTransfer 600
TimeoutStalled 100
TimeoutIdle 2200

DisplayFirstChdir .message
ListOptions "-l"

RequireValidShell off

TimeoutLogin 99

RootLogin off

# It's better for debug to create log files ;-)
ExtendedLog /var/log/ftp.log
TransferLog /var/log/xferlog
SystemLog /var/log/syslog.log

#DenyFilter \*.*/

# I don't choose to use /etc/ftpusers file (set inside the users you want to ban, not useful for me)
UseFtpUsers off

# Allow to restart a download
AllowStoreRestart on

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port, so don't use it for security reasons (choose here the port you want)
Port 21

# 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
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances 8

# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User nobody
Group nogroup

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs
# (second parm) from being group and world writable.
Umask 022 022

PersistentPasswd off

MaxClients 8
MaxClientsPerHost 8
MaxClientsPerUser 8
MaxHostsPerUser 8

# Display a message after a successful login
AccessGrantMsg "welcome !!!"
# This message is displayed for each access good or not
ServerIdent on "you're at home"

# Set /home/FTP-shared directory as home directory
DefaultRoot /home/FTP-shared

# Lock all the users in home directory, ***** really important *****
DefaultRoot ~

MaxLoginAttempts 5

#VALID LOGINS
<Limit LOGIN>
AllowUser userftp
DenyALL
</Limit>

<Directory /home/FTP-shared>
Umask 022 022
AllowOverwrite off
<Limit MKD STOR DELE XMKD RNRF RNTO RMD XRMD>
DenyAll
</Limit>
</Directory>

<Directory /home/FTP-shared/download/*>
Umask 022 022
AllowOverwrite off
<Limit MKD STOR DELE XMKD RNEF RNTO RMD XRMD>
DenyAll
</Limit>
</Directory>

<Directory> /home/FTP-shared/upload/>
Umask 022 022
AllowOverwrite on
<Limit READ RMD DELE>
DenyAll
</Limit>

<Limit STOR CWD MKD>
AllowAll
</Limit>
</Directory>

Having a bit of trouble with step 3 "sudo gedit /etc/proftpd.conf" on the first page.

This file does not exist.

What have I done wrong, thanks

I did a search on this file (I think I did the search right) and it does not exist anyware on the system.

Try it in a new terminal window.
When doing a search, I don't remember if it is a hidden file (don't think so).

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Originally Posted by steve_250

Try it in a new terminal window.
When doing a search, I don't remember if it is a hidden file (don't think so).

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Didn't help when I don't read it carefully

sudo apt-get install proftpd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package proftpd

What did I do wrong?
Do I have to add extra repositories?

Thanks

Bluelce, indeed you shouldn't have all the repositories enabled. You could post you /etc/apt/source.list here if you wish otherwise you will find all needed informations about source.list here : http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=92672.

steve_250, your configuration sounds good for me, so i think the problem should be your Netgear FVS318 configuration, because all your FTP server configuration seems good.

steve_250

Take a look at these links from frodon's HOWTO.

Other stuff
If you have a router you should read that, it describe the 2 commands to add in proftpd.conf and why.
If you have a dynamic DNS have a look here, you can also use ddclient(maybe easier for newbies).
Most of informations you're looking for are here
To get more debug informations : http://www.proftpd.org/localsite/Use...ked/x1058.html
You can specify a specific passive port range using PassivePorts command, it's very useful when you use a firewall in order to know which ports to allow.