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The "Very Secure FTPD" is a *nix (Unix, Linux) FTP Server.

vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast. It is stable. Don't take my word for it, though. Below, we will see evidence supporting all three assertions. We will also see a list of a few important sites which are happily using vsftpd. This demonstrates vsftpd is a mature and trusted solution. Features

Virtual IP configurations
Virtual users
Standalone or inetd operation
Powerful per-user configurability
Bandwidth throttling
Per-source-IP configurability
Per-source-IP limits
IPv6
Encryption support through SSL integration
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Error message "500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()" - keep user jailed

So far I have been unable to keep an FTP user jailed to their website directory. Is there a solution that both fixes this bug and keeps the user jailed to their directory? My vsFTPd settings that I changed: listen_port=9000 Set:…
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How to setup virtual users for vsftpd with access to a specific sub directory?

I need to be able to add a virtual users to vsftpd that only have access to a sub folder. The reason why I want to use virtual users is I only want to have 1 real user on the server. The FTP structure…
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vsftpd log file location?

Can someone tell me where is located the log file for vsftpd? I'm trying to learn how to install and configure a ftp server and I can't seem to find the log file. Can anybody tell me how to configure the service to make a log file or where is…
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Why does terminal auto complete sometimes not suggest anything for the `services` command?

Sometimes, when I type a command on the terminal, the terminal's autocomplete does not work, even if my command is not wrong. For example, take look to this: sudo service vsftpd status sudo and service do not have any problem. I mean, when you type…
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VSFTPD 553 error: could not create file

Fresh LAMP server setup with Ubuntu 12.04 and VSFTPD. I'm trying to access the /var/www folder (web root) with FTP user. I created a new user ftpuser and added it to the www-data user group created automatically by Apache. Home directory of that…
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How to change vsftpd's default directory to / instead of the user's home directory?

I currently have vsftpd installed in such a way, that when a user, say for instance my account frederik authenticates, I will be directed to my home directory /home/frederik/. This is a problem for certain FTP clients, as they can not change to…
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sshfs giving "remote host has disconnected"

I am trying to mount an sftp connection into a folder using sshfs with the following command which throws an error. ~$ sshfs admin@example.com:/ testfo remote host has disconnected The same error happens if I SSH into the system and repeat the…
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FTP Permissions read but not write

I made a personal FTP server on an old laptop but when I connect I can only read/download no upload. How do I change this? Thanks for the help in advance I am use vsftpd
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how to change vsftpd default port?

so here's the deal. I have vsftpd installed and am looking to change the default port to something other than 21. I've checked /etc/vsftpd.conf and can't find a setting to change the default port. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04, which doesn't have the…
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vsFTPd stopped working after update

I have just updated to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) from Ubuntu Server 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). It updated my vsFTPd installation, and it seems that something has changed :/ I use PAM authentication. What could have changed to cause this? When…
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Where is vsftpd.conf?

I have a 11.04 x86 server. I ran sudo apt-get install vsftpd and that was successful. But I cannot find the vsftpd.conf file anywhere. I thought it was supposed to be in /etc/vsftpd.conf.
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How to create a user for ftp server?

I'm using vsftpd. I need an ftp server for my web server, I can login under my account of course, but I can't do the main thing it's meant for and add/edit/remove files in my var/www directory. Could someone walk me through the process in creating…
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VSFTPD configuration problems with 12.04

So I upgraded my Ubuntu Server to 12.04 LTS today and now VSFTPD wont work. I think it is related to this VSFTPd stopped working after update However, unlike the asker in that post, I am not getting any error messages. When I log on, I get 220…
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vsftpd - GnuTLS error -15: An unexpected TLS packet was received

How can I fix this error when I try connecting to the ftp server on filezila: GnuTLS error -15: An unexpected TLS packet was received. And this error on sublime ftpsync plugin: ssl.SSLError: [SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number…
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VSFTPD installed, but I can't restart/stop it

I've installed VSFTPD on my VPS running Ubuntu server 10.04. When connecting using FTP clients such as Filezilla it's working perfectly. However when I use my Drupal's native FTP client to update the modules and the core installation my "working"…
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