django-orchestra/scripts/services/vsftpd.md

VsFTPd with System Users

1. Install vsftpd

   apt-get install vsftpd
   

2. Make some configurations

   sed -i "s/anonymous_enable=YES/anonymous_enable=NO/" /etc/vsftpd.conf
   sed -i "s/#local_enable=YES/local_enable=YES/" /etc/vsftpd.conf
   sed -i "s/#write_enable=YES/write_enable=YES/" /etc/vsftpd.conf
   # sed -i "s/#chroot_local_user=YES/chroot_local_user=YES/" /etc/vsftpd.conf
   
   echo '/dev/null' >> /etc/shells
   

TODO https://www.benscobie.com/fixing-500-oops-vsftpd-refusing-to-run-with-writable-root-inside-chroot/#comment-2051

Define option passwd_chroot_enable=yes in configuration file and change in /etc/passwd file user home directory from «/home/user» to «/home/./user» (w/o quotes).

3. Apply changes

   /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart