Ok, right now I'm just trying to get an anonymous ftp server to work. Once I have that working I'd like to make it a passive server with users that I can define and set directories visible to certain users or group of users. The thing is I'm baffled as to why this isnt working for me.
What I've got is Mandrake 8.2 installed on one of my machines along with proftpd-1.2.5-0 and a winXp machine, both connected to a hub. Within the /home I have the ftp user home driectory, and their permissions are set up like this:
Code:
drwxr-xr-x 4 ftp ftp 4096 May 16 07:29 ftp/
[root@tachikoma ftp]# ls -l
total 8
dr-xr-x--- 2 ftp ftp 4096 May 16 07:29 download/
drwxr-x--- 2 ftp ftp 4096 May 16 07:29 upload/
I followed the
tutorial on setting up a ftp server. I copied and pasted the config file from there:
Code:
# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use. It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login. It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.
ServerName "ProFTPD Default Installation"
ServerType standalone
DefaultServer on
# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port 21
# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask 022
# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd).
MaxInstances 30
# Set the user and group under which the server will run.
User nobody
Group nogroup
# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
#DefaultRoot ~
# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
<Directory />
AllowOverwrite on
</Directory>
# A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories. If you do not
# want anonymous users, simply delete this entire <Anonymous> section.
<Anonymous ~ftp>
User ftp
Group ftp
# We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp"
UserAlias anonymous ftp
# Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
MaxClients 10
# We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed
# in each newly chdired directory.
DisplayLogin welcome.msg
DisplayFirstChdir .message
# Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
<Limit WRITE>
DenyAll
</Limit>
</Anonymous>
When I started the service I didn't get any error messages. I goto my Xp machine and use smart ftp to try and connect, but it fails:
Code:
Resolving host name <edited>...
Connecting to (<edited>) -> IP: <edited> PORT: 21
Connected to (<edited>) -> Time = 0ms
Socket connected waiting for login sequence.
Compiled-in modules:
mod_core.c
mod_auth.c
mod_xfer.c
mod_site.c
mod_ls.c
mod_unixpw.c
mod_log.c
mod_linuxprivs.c
mod_ratio.c
mod_readme.c
mod_pam.c
mod_quota.c
mod_ldap.c
mod_wrap.c
Cannot login waiting to retry (30s)...
Going back to the linux box and tring to connect via the console, came up with something looking like this:
Code:
[root@tachikoma ftp]# ftp <edited>
Connected to <edited>.
Compiled-in modules:
ftp> ls
Not connected.
ftp> connect 192.168.1.2
?Invalid command
ftp> quit
I did some searching, found another config example and edited it slightly. This is how that one looks:
Code:
# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use. It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login. It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.
ServerName "ProFTPD Default Installation"
ServerType standalone
DefaultServer on
# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port 21
# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask 022
# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd).
MaxInstances 30
# Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
MaxClients 1
# Set the user and group under which the server will run.
User nobody
Group nogroup
# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
#DefaultRoot ~
<Directory />
Umask 022 022
AllowOverwrite off
<Limit MKD STOR DELE XMKD RNRF RNTO RMD XRMD >
DenyAll
</Limit>
</Directory>
<Directory /download/*>
Umask 022 022
AllowOverwrite off
<Limit MKD XMKD RNRF RNTO DELE RMD XRMD STOR>
DenyAll
</Limit>
</Directory>
<Directory /upload/*>
Umask 022 022
AllowOverwrite on
<Limit MKD XMKD RNRF RNTO DELE RMD XRMD STOR>
AllowAll
</Limit>
<Directory>
This one yeilds this when I try to restart the service.
Code:
[root@tachikoma ftp]# service -f proftpd
Shutting down proftpd: [FAILED]
Starting proftpd: - Fatal: <Directory>: missing arguments
[FAILED]
Am I missing something critical here? I'm at my wits end and really not sure where to go.
Any help is appreacted.
Proftpd tutorial config not working
