Do you need vsftpd for your home directory?
When chroot is enabled for local users, they are restricted to their home directory by default. However, because of the way vsftpd secures the directory, it must not be writable by the user. This is fine for a new user who should only connect via FTP, but an existing user may need to write to their home folder if they also have shell access.
How to create a dedicated ftp user in vsftpd?
With vsftpd installed and the necessary ports open, let’s move on to creating a dedicated FTP user. We will create a dedicated FTP user, but you may already have a user in need of FTP access. We’ll take care to preserve an existing user’s access to their data in the instructions that follow.
How to create ftp user with specific / Dir / access only?
Here are steps to setup a user and allow the user access only via FTP (i.e. no SSH) and also limit access to a specific (user home) directory on proftpd: Modify newusername entry in the passwd file: vi /etc/passwd to add /./ before the newusername so that the entry looks like this: Set the root folder permissions to 711 with your root account.
Which is more secure vsftpd or chroot jail?
FTP is generally more secure when users are restricted to a specific directory. vsftpd accomplishes this with chroot jails. When chroot is enabled for local users, they are restricted to their home directory by default. However, because of the way vsftpd secures the directory, it must not be writable by the user.
Do you need Pam for virtual users in vsftpd?
Most distros should have a compliled version of vsftpd available, but if you are compiling from source, then ensure you enable PAM support, as we will be using PAM to handle the virtual users. If your disto doesn’t come with PAM, then you’ll need to grab a copy, as vsftpd uses PAM for authentication of virtual users.
How to set up vsftpd in Debian 10?
Since only SSH traffic is permitted in this case, we’ll need to add rules for FTP traffic. Let’s open ports 20 and 21 for FTP, port 990 for when we enable TLS, and ports 40000-50000 for the range of passive ports we plan to set in the configuration file:
Why is vsftpd not allowing me to upload files?
There are two likely reasons that this could happen — you do not have write and execute permissions on the directories leading to the directory you are trying to upload to, or vsftpd is configured not to allow you to upload.