vsftpd -a great FTP server for Linux/Unix

[CMonster]

vsftpd
"probably the most secure and fastest FTP server for UNIX-like systems" and it sure lives up to this claim.

Install and configuration on SuSE 8.2 and Redhat 9 Linux systems took me a whole of about 5 -10 minutes. I would recommend anyone interested in running a serious FTP server to give it a try.

[Jeordiewhite]

That does sound very good, I've got one setup which is ws-ftp pro 4, It will be good to have a back up handy or another ftp running.
I'll have to give it a try.

[CMonster]

I found a nice example for a behind router setup:

Router set-up:
Forward port 21 TCP on UPnP Forwarding page
Forward ports 65000~65534 TCP on Port Range Forwarding Page (any range, it's up to you)

vsftpd.conf set-up:
pasv_enable=YES
pasv_min_port=65000 (same range as on router)
pasv_max_port=65534
pasv_address=100.100.100.100 (here comes your WAN IP)
...all other variables are set to default values

And since I have dynamic WAN IP from my ISP here's a little script running from cron to update vsftpd.conf with current IP (I use free dynamic DNS service www.dynu.com )

code:

#!/bin/sh
#vsftpd.conf IP update by Beaujolais
vsftpd_conf=/etc/vsftpd.conf
vsftpd_log=/var/log/vsftpd.log
#change to your domain name in next line
my_ip=`host your_host.dynu.com | cut -f4 -d" "`
vsftpd_ip=`grep pasv_address $vsftpd_conf | cut -f2 -d=`

if [ "$my_ip" != "$vsftpd_ip" ] ; then
( echo ",s/$vsftpd_ip/$my_ip/g" && echo w ) | ed - $vsftpd_conf
echo `date` "$vsftpd_conf updated with $my_ip IP address" >> $vsftpd_log
fi

http://www.broadbandreports.com/foru...p,16~mode=flat

[SpookyEddy]

I run vsftpd on one of my debian file servers, works really well and setup is about as simple as it gets.

Regards

ed

[willy_ph]

I have to agree that vsftpd is very simple to setup. I have it installed running on RH9 and it worked right from the get-go.