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How to find installed pure-ftpd version?

This should work universally: $ pure-ftpd --help | head -1 pure-ftpd v1.0.36 [privsep]
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Pure-ftpd with MySQL - Crypt() not logging me in with hashed passwords

--- BEGIN tl;dr --- Assuming your Pure-FTPd is running on a Linux host with glibc 2.7+: Use MySQLCrypt crypt – without parentheses Run this Python 3 one-liner on the same system where Pure-FTPd runs:...
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Ports for FTP passive mode

Add the following: PassivePortRange 50000 55000 in /etc/pure-ftpd.conf and i think that your problem will be solved. Keep in mind that this port range should also be allowed in your firewall. ...
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Pure-ftpd-mysql won't start after updating MariaDb to 10.2

This is a definitely a known bug with the Debian pureftpd package Here's the full story: In its early days, say, about 20 years ago, libmysqlclient did not version symbols and did not limit their ...
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Pure-ftp SSL Certificate: Key values mismatch

Does the PEM file declared as SSLCertificateFile need to be updated in some way if I have generated a new private key? Yes, since it is the certificate which means the public part of the key (and ...
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Pureftpd - Getting error 421 Out of memory when LimitRecursion is over 30000

I have faced the same problem in my pure-ftpd installation and after some debugging I found the problem. There is a linux limit ( The maximum size of a process's data segment ) which is 16k by default....
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SNI in pure-ftpd

SNI support was not present in pure-ftpd 1.0.47. It was added in 1.0.48. You should upgrade to CentOS 8, for which EPEL already includes the latest version of Pure-FTPd (1.0.49) with SNI support.
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PureFTPD: ERROR TLS renegociation

Test FTP client access from an FTP client on the host that is running the FTP service/daemon. Then test from a remote host on the LAN. This will show you if you're having a networking related issue. ...
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pure-ftpd returns 550 Can't change directory to /: Permission denied

After hours of trying everything, I discovered the permissions of a parent directory was preventing the virtual user from reading their own home directory. Hint: If you're using the default chroot ...
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Pure-ftpd-mysql won't start after updating MariaDb to 10.2

For those who use Debian 9 (stretch) with pure-ftpd-mysql v1.0.43, and mariadb 10.3 (on Ispconfig for me), you could install the two debfiles from this gitlab This is the same version with patch for ...
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If I restart xinetd service , does it impact the currently active FTP connections?

Make the changes you want to your configuration file and then do a graceful restart. This will force the process to reread it's configuration, while still serving active and established connections. ...
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Run pureftp server as non-root user

You might need to change the Bind line in your /etc/pure-ftpd config file to listen on a port which doesn't require root privileges, e.g.: Bind 127.0.0.1,2121 Hope this helps!
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Configure Pure-FTP for Implicit FTPS

I am trying to find an answer to the same problem. I notice that this thread was started in 2012 and in 10 years nobody has dared to answer it. Moreover, I googled it and there has been no proper ...
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pure-ftpd home directory

If you want to add user home as root(/) directory, just change the below option in pure-ftpd.conf which is available in /etc/pure-ftpd dir. # Cage in every user in his home directory # YES - User dir ...
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