How to install VSFTPD on opensuse15.1
How To install VSFTPD on opensuse15.1
Installation Procedure
Use the below command to install vsftpd
LinuxHelp:~ # zypper install vsftpd
Retrieving repository 'Main Update Repository' metadata ............................................................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'Main Update Repository' cache .................................................................................................................................[done]
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...
The following 2 NEW packages are going to be installed:
system-user-ftp vsftpd
2 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 168.5 KiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 318.9 KiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package system-user-ftp-20170617-lp151.4.70.noarch (1/2), 10.2 KiB ( 67 B unpacked)
Retrieving: system-user-ftp-20170617-lp151.4.70.noarch.rpm ............................................................................................................[done (13.7 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package vsftpd-3.0.3-lp151.6.3.x86_64 (2/2), 158.3 KiB (318.8 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: vsftpd-3.0.3-lp151.6.3.x86_64.rpm ......................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking for file conflicts: .......................................................................................................................................................[done]
(1/2) Installing: system-user-ftp-20170617-lp151.4.70.noarch .......................................................................................................................[done]
Additional rpm output:
useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin -c "FTP Account" -U -d /srv/ftp ftp
groupadd -r ftp
(2/2) Installing: vsftpd-3.0.3-lp151.6.3.x86_64 ....................................................................................................................................[done]
To enable the vsftpd service
LinuxHelp:~ # systemctl enable vsftpd
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vsftpd.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service.
Use the command to start the vsftpd service
LinuxHelp:~ # systemctl start vsftpd
Create ftp user using following command
LinuxHelp:~ # useradd -d /srv/ftp u1
LinuxHelp:~ # useradd –d /srv/ftp u2
Update password to the user using following command
LinuxHelp:~ # passwd u1
New password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is WAY too short
BAD PASSWORD: is too simple
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully
LinuxHelp:~# passwd u2
New password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is WAY too short
BAD PASSWORD: is too simple
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Create group to add the ftp users in that group
LinuxHelp:~ # groupadd ftpuser
Use this command to add the ftp user in the group
LinuxHelp:~ # gpasswd -a u1 ftpuser
Add user u1 to group ftpuser
LinuxHelp:~ # gpasswd -a u2 ftpuser
Add user u2 to group ftpuser
Navigate to the ftp default root directory location /srv/ftp as follows
LinuxHelp:~ # cd /srv/ftp/
Create one directory and file to test the ftp server
LinuxHelp:/srv/ftp # mkdir test
LinuxHelp:/srv/ftp # touch test1
Change group ownership of ftp directory then only ftp users can access the ftp server
LinuxHelp:/srv # chgrp -R ftpuser ftp/
The below command which is used to list all directory/file with permissions
LinuxHelp:/srv # ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28 Aug 9 04:54 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156 Aug 6 21:41 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 root ftpuser 18 Aug 9 05:00 ftp
drwxr-xr-x 1 tftp tftp 0 Jan 31 2019 tftpboot
drwxr-xr-x 1 wwwrun root 26 Aug 9 04:05 www
Use vsftpd.conf file to configure the ftp server
LinuxHelp:/ftp # vim /etc/vsftpd.conf
write_enable=YES
ls_recurse_enable=YES
local_enable=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
ascii_upload_enable=YES
ascii_download_enable=YES
local_root=/ftp
After the completion of FTP Configuration, restart the vsftpd service then only configuration changes will update in the server
LinuxHelp:/ftp # systemctl restart vsftpd
Open browser, In address bar type ftp://ip address of your system
Give user credential in prompt window
Finally we configured vsftpd server in opensuse15.1
With this,Configuration Of VSFTPD Server In OpenSuse 15.1 Comes to end.
Q
What is vsftpd configuration file location?
A
The VSFTPD configuration file location is /etc/vsftpd.conf
Q
How to fix 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/user2?
A
To fix 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/user2 error follow the below procedure
create the user by the following command
" useradd -d /srv/ftp/ user2 "
In case if you have created the user already by using " useradd user2 "
you have to manually create the user2 directory under the home directory and change ownership " chown -R user2 user2 "
create the user by the following command
" useradd -d /srv/ftp/ user2 "
In case if you have created the user already by using " useradd user2 "
you have to manually create the user2 directory under the home directory and change ownership " chown -R user2 user2 "
Q
What is the root directory location of vsftpd?
A
The root Directory Location of VSFTPD is /srv/ftp/
Q
What is the vsftpd?
A
'Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Deamon' (VSFTPD) is one of the most secure FTP daemons available, vsftpd is used as the default FTP server in the Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, NimbleX, Slackware and RHEL Linux distros.
Add the following line at the end of vsftpd.conf file without "#" symbol, local_root=example_directory