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Vsftpd access to /var/www

I'm trying to get ftp running locally to update a drupal install. I just need the FTP user to have full access to a directory and all subdirectories. I have done /usr/sbin/setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1 ...
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FTP “550 Failed to change directory” on Centos 6.3

I am running a VPS which runs Centos 6.3. I have installed vsFTP which is working fine. I have been able to connect to the FTP and also login with the necessary credentials. However, I am unable to ...
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setenforce: SELinux is disabled

I'm in a CentOS 5 machine, and try to install vsftpd. I want to configure ftp_home_dir using setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on but it says: setsebool: SELinux is disabled. I try to enable it using ...
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Why is my dir not showing in ftp session?

I am new to linux so please have patience with me. I set up my centos 6.3 server on a virtual machine, installed many things including httpd and vsftpd. I changed the config to allow only users in ...
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500 oops bad bool value in config file for anonymous_enable

I'm start getting this message when i'm trying to run vsftpd 500 oops bad bool value in config file for anonymous_enable Relevant part from the vsftpd.conf file: # Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - ...
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VSFTPD - FTP over TLS - Upload stops after exactly 82k?

I installed a VSFTP daemon on a CentOS server, using a RSA certificate for logging in using explicit TLS. Now, I cannot upload more than 82k. With files under that limit, there is no problem. The FTP ...
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How to configure vsftpd to work with passive mode

Whenever I install vsftpd on centos, I only setup the jail environment for the users and rest is default configuration of vsftpd. I create user and try to connect with filezila ftp client but I could ...
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s3fs-mounted S3 bucket shows bad filesizes

Background: I have an Amazon S3 bucket with data uploaded using the AWS web interface. Now I need to give permissions-based access to paths within my buckets to FTP users. To do this, I'm running ...
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Set permissions for more than one user in a directory with FTP and Apache support

As many here may knows cPanel allows many users to access to their home directory using FTP accounts or even SSH if it's allowed. I've my own development server at office and I'm trying to setup the ...
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Quotas in vsftpd on CentOS [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Quotas in vsftpd? I need to configure vsftpd so each user in chroot_list has it's own specific quota, however after a fair bit of googling I failed to find anything, is ...
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can't ssh from port 22 to example.com:8080

-I have opened port 8080 and I can access it with 192.168.1.40 and also no-ip domain -Installed vsftpd -Opened port 80,8080,20,21,22 and 11000-11100 However I can't ssh to it. I have another sever ...
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Why is the chroot_local_user of vsftpd insecure?

I'm setting up on my VPS a vsftpd, and i don't want users be allowed to leave they're ftp home directory. I'm using local_user ftp, not anonymous, so I added: chroot_local_user=YES I've read in ...
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Permanent mount and bind on CentOS?

I have set up a CentOS 6.2 VirtualBox along with FTP and Apache root of /var/www/html/. By default, the user ftp account is set to /home/user_name/. However, I'm guessing it's common practice to ...
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VSFTPD Unable to set write permissions on folder

I've just set up my first FTP server with VSFTPD on cent os . I can connect to it fine using a user in the group ftp-users but I get read only access . I've tried several different CHMOD codes on the ...
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Resources for setting up clustered FTP servers on CentOS?

Does anyone have any resources that can lead me to a how-to or at least more information on setting up clustered FTP servers on CentOS? I'm very new to servers in general (all I've done is set up a ...
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Trying to understand symlink behavior with vsftpd

I recently moved my website to a CentOS 6 VPS (from a HyperVM-enabled CentOS 5 VPS). I set up vsftpd to handle our FTP needs. I created a local user for everyone who needs to use the FTP. For my ...
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Any alternatives to proftpd and vsftpd that is easier to configure?

I tried them both, I'm having troubles to configure them,so is there a third one that is easier to install and configure? I'm using centos 5 64 bit xen vps for example I'm following this tutorial, ...
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Does vsftpd requires apache to work?

My friend and I have two identical CentOS 5 VPSs from the same hosting provider, his using Apache and mine using Nginx. He followed this tutorial and vsftpd worked. He tried to install vsftpd on my ...
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GnuTLS error -53: Error in the push function, using vsftpd

I am in the process of setting up my home FTP with virtual users on a CentOS 6.0. I am using the following guide. I was able to run the first script vsftpd_virtual_config_withTLS.sh successfully and ...
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How do I add a new user to vsftpd and let root access the FTP server?

How can I add a new vsftpd user on CentOS 5 ? I would like that user to default to a certain directory other than its own. Note that chroot is on. Should I do something like this? useradd vsftpuser1 ...
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VSFTPD - Change User Home Directory

I need to update a ftp user's home directory. Could I run the userdel command then re-add the user without losing the directory the user was attached to? Or is there another way to change the user's ...
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centos 5.6 vsftpd default folder problem

I installed vsftpd successfully, but whenever I connect to the server via Filezilla, I see the default folder is /root. How can I set up the default folder to be /var/www once I connect?
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Fail2Ban does not ban VSFTPD users

He guys, i run CentOS5.6 (final), and i just installed FAIL2BAN version (0.8.4-23.el5). I have set it up to ban SSH and VSFTPD attacks. As you can see here: http://pastebin.com/RLyzGgBe fail2ban has ...
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How to allow user1 to 1 directory and another user2 to another directory. Not only home directory

In CentOS, how can i specify user1 to directory /var/www/html and user2 to directory /home/user2, and as default user3 and all others to there home directory? My config file has following ...
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vsftpd Unable to log in to ftp using Berkeley DB (V4) databases and PAM (pam_userdb.so)

I just recently tried setting up vsftpd, following this nixCraft article on cyberciti and their article to set up virutal users. I can connect using ftp localhost but it doesn't recognize the ...
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CentOS Group Permissions

How do I give all users in the group ftp-users full read/write acces to /var/www recursively? Thanks
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How do you modify a user on CentOS to access the root directory or any directory outside of home via vsftpd

How do you modify a user on CentOS to access the root directory or any directory outside of home via vsftpd?
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vsftpd not allowing uploads. 550 response

I've set vsftpd up on a centos box. I keep trying to upload files but I keep getting "550 Failed to change directory" and "550 Could not get file size." Here's my vsftpd.conf # The default compiled ...
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CentOS / Redhat: Give file permission for apache and vsftp

I use CentOS 5.5 and Apache Webserver on my dedicated Server. My Folder "/var/www/myWebApp" is owned by apache, so that apache can read, write logs, etc.. But now I would like to use very secure FTP ...
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vsftp give user only access to a certain folder

I use CentOS 5.5 and I installed vsftp. I created a user "myUser" and every time I use Filezilla and log with this user I get directed to the users home-folder, but still have access to pretty much ...
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Installing vsftp on centos 5.5 (ftp command not found)

I installed Vsftp in CentOS 5.5 Box, and configured it but when I type a command ftp localhost I get ftp command not found. here is my vsftpd.conf file anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES ...
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VSFTPD 530 Login incorrect

I'm trying to get a vsftpd server set up on CentOS 5.3 x64. I'm not able to get any local user login's to work. Here is my vsftpd.conf: local_enable=YES write_enable=YES pam_service_name=vsftpd ...
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vsFTPd and iptables - how to configure them in CentOS 5.5?

I've installed vsFTPd in CentOS 5.5, on two servers, and added this rule to their iptables: -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT Looks like this is not ...
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vsftp on CentOS - unable to get a folder list of /var directory

I'm just getting started with CentOS and running into a strange issue with vsftp. When I FTP in, then change directory to /var I don't get a folder list. Is there something about CentOS or vsftp in ...
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Anonymous FTP upload on CentOS 5.2

I need to allow users to upload files to an FTP server anonymously. They should not be able to see any other files, or download files. It is a CentOS 5.2 server. I have a separate partition for the ...
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Can't connect to CentoOS server via Active FTP

I'm unable to connect to my CentOS server via Active FTP. I've installed and started vsftpd. I've loaded the ftp connection tracking module (/sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp). Here is the output ...
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Allowing FTP with IPTables

My current scenario involves allowing various rules, but I need ftp to be accessible from anywhere. The OS is Cent 5 and I am using VSFTPD. I can't seem to get the syntax correct. All other rules ...
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Unable to access vsftpd from outside

I just did a basic yum install vsftpd on a CentOS 5.3 box, I can FTP to the machines IP address from a shell on the box itself, but cannot FTP from any other machine on the same LAN. $ ftp 1.2.3.4 ...