2019-01-13 Install FTP server on debian

Server FTP, look into How to Configure VSFTPD FTPS with SSL/TLS on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation:

apt-get install vsftpd
mv /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf.bak

Let’s modify the configuration file:

nano /etc/vsftpd.conf

With the following content:

listen=NO
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd
pasv_enable=Yes
pasv_min_port=10000
pasv_max_port=11000
user_sub_token=$USER
local_root=/home/$USER/ftp
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.userlist
userlist_deny=NO

Firewall:

ufw allow from any to any port 20,21,10000:11000 proto tcp

Start the service:

service vsftpd restart

Add a user:

useradd -m ftpuser
passwd ftpuser
mkdir /home/ftpuser/ftp
chown nobody:nogroup /home/ftpuser/ftp
chmod a-w /home/ftpuser/ftp
mkdir /home/ftpuser/ftp/files
chown ftpuser:ftpuser /home/ftpuser/ftp/files

Add to nano /etc/vsftpd.conf:

user_sub_token=$USER
local_root=/home/$USER/ftp

Then test:

echo "test file for vsftpd" | sudo tee /home/ftpuser/ftp/files/test.txt
echo "ftpuser" | sudo tee -a /etc/vsftpd.userlist

Add to nano /etc/vsftpd.conf:

userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.userlist
userlist_deny=NO

SSL:

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem -out /etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem

Add to nano /etc/vsftpd.conf:

rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
ssl_enable=YES
allow_anon_ssl=NO
force_local_data_ssl=YES
force_local_logins_ssl=YES
ssl_tlsv1=YES
ssl_sslv2=NO
ssl_sslv3=NO