Instructions for setting up an internal FTP server on a FreeBSD 10 machine. Note that this machine is not setup for public access and hence no specific security steps have been taken.<\/p>\n
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portmaster ftp\/profptd<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We will set up a user called ftpuser with a password to be used for ftp login.<\/p>\n The configuration file for proftp will be in \/usr\/local\/etc\/proftpd.conf<\/p>\n We will use the default settings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Run service profptd start<\/em><\/p>\n If it gives an error about hostname not found or hostname cannot be resolved then make sure you have entered the IP assignment for your local machine in \/etc\/hosts<\/p>\n Eg. if your machine name is unixbox then in etc\/hosts you need to put<\/p>\n 127.0.0.1 unixbox<\/p>\n If the service starts now then you should be able to test ftp login.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To start the service on bootup, put<\/p>\n proftpd_enable = “YES”<\/p>\n in \/etc\/rc.conf<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then copy profptd into \/etc\/rc.d<\/p>\n cp \/usr\/local\/etc\/rc.d\/profptd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/etc\/rc.d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Configuration<\/h3>\n
#\r\n# For more information about Proftpd configuration\r\n# see http:\/\/www.proftpd.org\/\r\n#\r\n# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to \r\n# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use. It establishes a single server\r\n# and a single anonymous login. It assumes that you have a user\/group\r\n# \"nobody\" and \"ftp\" for normal operation and anon.\r\n\r\nServerName\t\t\t\"ProFTPD Default Installation\"\r\nServerType\t\t\tstandalone\r\nDefaultServer\t\t\ton\r\nScoreboardFile\t\t\/var\/run\/proftpd\/proftpd.scoreboard\r\n\r\n# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.\r\nPort\t\t\t\t21\r\n\r\n# Use IPv6 support by default.\r\nUseIPv6\t\t\t\ton\r\n\r\n# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files\r\n# from being group and world writable.\r\nUmask\t\t\t\t022\r\n\r\n# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes\r\n# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections\r\n# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works\r\n# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server\r\n# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service\r\n# (such as xinetd).\r\nMaxInstances\t\t\t30\r\n\r\nCommandBufferSize\t512\r\n\r\n# Set the user and group under which the server will run.\r\nUser\t\t\t\tnobody\r\nGroup\t\t\t\tnogroup\r\n\r\n# To cause every FTP user to be \"jailed\" (chrooted) into their home\r\n# directory, uncomment this line.\r\n#DefaultRoot ~\r\n\r\n# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.\r\nAllowOverwrite\t\ton\r\n\r\n# Bar use of SITE CHMOD by default\r\n\r\n DenyAll\r\n\r\n\r\n# A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories. If you do not\r\n# want anonymous users, simply delete this entire section.\r\n\r\n#########################################################################\r\n# #\r\n# Uncomment lines with only one # to allow basic anonymous access #\r\n# #\r\n#########################################################################\r\n\r\n#\r\n# User\t\t\t\tftp\r\n# Group\t\t\t\tftp\r\n\r\n ### We want clients to be able to login with \"anonymous\" as well as \"ftp\"\r\n # UserAlias\t\t\tanonymous ftp\r\n\r\n ### Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins\r\n # MaxClients\t\t\t10\r\n\r\n ### We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed\r\n ### in each newly chdired directory.\r\n # DisplayLogin\t\t\twelcome.msg\r\n # DisplayFirstChdir\t\t.message\r\n\r\n ### Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot\r\n # \r\n # DenyAll\r\n # \r\n#\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
Testing<\/h3>\n