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vsftpd

vsftpd is a lightweight FTP server for linux

Installation​

Installing vsftpd is easy. Simply issue the following command from SSH:

sudo box install vsftpd

vsftpd will be installed from your operating system's package repository and can be kept up-to-date with the rest of your operating system's packages.

Configuration​

By default, we ship vsftpd with a pretty light configuration. FTP(S) is enabled by default. If you are having troubles connecting to your server via FTP, please make sure your client supports the key ciphers in use on your server. The configuration file for vsftpd lives at:

/etc/vsftpd.conf

After altering the configuration file, restart vsftpd to make the changes take effect.

Enable FXP Support​

FXP support is not enabled by default. To enable it, uncomment the lines (remove the #) in your vsftpd.conf:

pasv_promiscuous=YES
port_promiscuous=YES

Changing the default port​

If you want to change the port used by vsftpd, uncomment and add a port to the line in your vsftpd.conf:

listen_port=

Enable chroot​

If you'd like to lock ftp users to their home directory to prevent snooping around your server, add these lines to your vsftpd.conf

chroot_local_user=YES
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
Warning

Please be aware that FTP and SFTP are separate protocols. If you enable chroot on your FTP server, your SFTP server will still not be using jails by default.

Service Management​

Service management is done by systemd with the default vsftpd.service file.

The systemd service file resides at:

/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service
sudo systemctl start vsftpd