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vsftpd is an FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux.

VSFTPD is an acronym for Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon. The motto of the vsftpd project is "Probably the most secure and fastest FTP server for UNIX-like systems." vsftpd is GPL licensed.

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The @ symbol and systemctl and vsftpd

I have a two part question. What is the significance of the @ symbol in systemctl scripts? How to start vsftpd in fedora 16, (which in some tutorials seems to contain an @ in it's name)? I have done everything the tutorials say, and it still…
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How does local_umask and file_open_mode work?

I had some problems with the filepermissions when local users uploaded their files via vsftp to a server. I wanted the files to have all 766 permissions. After a lot of trial and error I found out that I had to set the settings like…
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vsftpd: 500 OOPS: prctl PR_SET_SECCOMP failed

I have an issue with vsftpd. When I connect to my FTP server via FileZilla I get the error: 500 OOPS: prctl PR_SET_SECCOMP failed Error: Critical error Error: Could not connect to server I've tried to connect via my file manager as well…
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What's the real security risk in VSFTPD of pasv_promiscuous=yes?

In VSFTPD, the default for pasv_promiscuous is NO, and the man page indicates: Only enable if you know what you are doing! The only legitimate use for this is in some form of secure tunnelling scheme, or perhaps to facilitate FXP support. Although…
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Why won't vsftpd let me log in with a virtual user account?

I would like to use vsftpd with virtual users and pam_pwdfile.so. I installed vsftpd and added two users (ramon and dragon) via htpasswd to my file /etc/vsftpd.passwd. The /etc/pam.d/vsftpd is configured to use this file. auth required …
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vsftpd 530 permission denied CentOS6.7

I'm running CentOS 6.7 and I'm trying to successfully establish an FTP connection using vsftpd. Please point me in the right direction! Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message... Response: 220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2) Command: …
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vsftpd - ftpuser cannot upload files to server

I'm developing a website in Netbeans where I configured FTP to upload files to my server. On the server - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - I created a user called "ftpuser" specifically for this task. I installed vsFTPd to handle file uploads. Its config is…
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How to create FTP restricted user with vsftpd? (by terminal in Ubuntu)

I have installed ubuntu 12.04 with vsftpd. I need to create FTP users able to access only directories like /var/www/nameDirectory. I thought it was a very basic feature, but seems not I tried to use, in vsftpd.conf chroot_local_user=YES but…
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Is there any way to filter files by their content in FTP? (not by file names)

I'm trying to filter the content of an FTP directory to see if any of the files contain a certain phrase that I want to look for. I've been trying to find for a few hours if there's any way to do this, but with no luck at all! How can I do this?
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227 Entering Passive Mode (0,0,0,0,...) when connecting to vsftpd FTP server

As said in the title, I don't manage to connect my Windows 10 host to my FTP server on the VirtualBox guest side (Ubuntu 18.04). On the guest side, the vsftpd server works fine, I can connect without any problem. So I tried to forward the…
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default file permissions for ftp uploads in ubuntu (vsftpd)

I followed this answer for setting default file permissions in my web root folder. I am trying to set all files/dirs to 775 by default. This works fine when creating files within linux and also when creating files directly on the web root through…
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How to open files (music, videos) from FTP directly from Explorer ( Windows Vista)

I have two computers. On the first I have Debian and on the second I have Windows Vista. I've set up vsftpd in Debian and connected to it from Vista. I'm browsing the FTP directory from Windows Explorer and everything works fine, except I can't open…
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XUbuntu vsftpd couldnt restart

# sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) utility, e.g. service vsftpd restart Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart job, you may also use…
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vsftpd chmod upload permissions

I have vsftpd 2.3.2-3. After user uploaded a file it has -rw-------(0600) permissions. Of course user can change permissions manually to anything he likes. But how to set for example 0700 by default?
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File transfer with vsftpd does not work with TLS, but does work with unencrypted connection

I have an Ubuntu server at home. I access it from outside my network via NAT redirections. I use the port 3876 to connect to the FTP, and this port is redirected by the router to the IP of the server and the port 21. I opened the Ubuntu firewall…
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