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pidgas
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 Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:06 am Post subject: FTP help, vsftpd in particular. |
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Hi all,
I need access to certain files while at work, from multiple different computers on which I have no administrative rights, all of which have disabled USB ports (so I can't acces my USB flash drive).
My thinking was that I could set up a simple ftp server on my Gentoo system at home and access them from a bowser/other ftp client to do the trick.
I chose vsftpd because I want a simple ftp server and it seems to have a good reputation for stability and security.
I am looking for a simple step-through to get the vsftpd running on Gentoo. I think I have it going after a bunch of frustration, but I cannot be sure that I have done everything correctly and would still appreciate a complete step through (including, if necessary, xinetd configuration tips as this was installed along with vsftpd during the emerge process). Here's the output of netstat -a regarding active connections.
| Code: | Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 *:www *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:https *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 284 192.168.1.105:ssh 192.168.1.1:1759 ESTABLISHED
udp 0 0 *:bootpc *:*
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Although it looks like the ftp server is going, here's the output of /var/log/everything/current when I try to connect from another computer on my lan using either a browser or Windows ftp client:
| Code: | Nov 2 22:38:27 [xinetd] START: ftp pid=16352 from=192.168.1.101
Nov 2 22:38:27 [xinetd] FAIL: ftp address from=192.168.1.101
Nov 2 22:38:27 [xinetd] EXIT: ftp pid=16352 duration=0(sec)
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I did disable anonymous login. The server doesn't even allow me to try logging in, however. Do I need to adjust a config file or adjust the xinetd.conf or something else?
Finally, once these problems are resolved and this is working, I would much prefer logging in securely (at least, if not transferring files securely)
via ftp.
ANY tips or assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Corax
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Location: Berlin, Germany
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| Have a look at this topic. It seems that we're in similar problems. |
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pidgas
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 1:08 pm Post subject: progress |
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Ok, thanks for the tip. I edited the xinetd.conf and commented out the "only from" entry. Now I can establish a connection, but am unable to login. Any tips there?
here is my vsftpd.conf file
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# Example vsftpd config file
#
# See man 5 vsftpd.conf for more information.
#
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-ftp/vsftpd/files/vsftpd.conf,v 1.3 2004/$
listen=NO
pam_service_name=vsftpd
# Allow anonymous FTP?
anonymous_enable=NO
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
#local_umask=022
# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
#anon_upload_enable=YES
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
# recommended!
#chown_uploads=YES
#chown_username=whoever
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format
#xferlog_std_format=YES
# You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown
# below.
xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd/vsftpd.log
# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
#idle_session_timeout=600
# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
#data_connection_timeout=120
# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
nopriv_user=nobody
# Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
# however, may confuse older FTP clients.
#async_abor_enable=YES
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.banned_emails
# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
# users to NOT chroot().
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.chroot_list
# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
#ls_recurse_enable=YES
# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
# Beware that turning on ascii_download_enable enables malicious remote parties
# to consume your I/O resources, by issuing the command "SIZE /big/file" in
# ASCII mode.
# These ASCII options are split into upload and download because you may wish
# to enable ASCII uploads (to prevent uploaded scripts etc. from breaking),
# without the DoS risk of SIZE and ASCII downloads. ASCII mangling should be
# on the client anyway..
#ascii_upload_enable=YES
#ascii_download_enable=YES
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