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ProFTPD: Apache-like FTP server for Unix systems

ProFTPD is a mature FTP server for Unix. It has a module design and configuration file syntax that is deliberately similar to Apache. Through its modules, ProFTPD supports FTPS, SFTP, SCP, as well as authenticating using SQL databases, LDAP directories, RADIUS servers, and more.

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proftpd on centos 7 with proftp-mysql: users can login / upload files but they cannot retrieve files or CWD

I can't find anyone who has this weird issue: ftp users are able to upload files but they are not able to retrieve them. Please give me any clue to solve this issue. Thank you "ftpuser1" is a user defined in proftp-mysql table with…
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ProFTPd: how to show virtual user name in listings?

I'm using ProFTPd 1.3.5a (btw I get the same behavior on an older 1.3.4d) with a pretty common virtual users setup for a web server. In plain words, ProFTPd is running with apache's UID/GID and has its local files for authentication. All users have…
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Proftpd server: Server does not support non-ASCII characters

I have moved my FTP (running proftpd) server from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 server and now there is a problem when connecting to it. In connection log there is a line that says: "Status: Server does not support non-ASCII characters." and all…
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ProFTPD AuthOrder inside VirtualHost is being ignored

I am trying to configure proftpd 1.3.5b. What I would like to achieve is simple: only one VirtualHost, users will log in based on AuthUserFile and not based on /etc/passwd. The problem is that all the authentication related configuration inside a…
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Proftpd fails silently. The system says it's running, but it's not accepting connections

I have installed proftpd on a Centos 7 machine. This is the output of systemctl -l status proftpd: proftpd.service - ProFTPD FTP Server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/proftpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active…
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When connecting to PROFTPD via SFTP, mod_wrap is not being invoked

We are using PROFTPD (version 1.3.3e) and have just noticed that if we connect to the server via FTP we can see that mod_wrap is being invoked: From proftpd.log May 27 10:46:16 li46 proftpd[10592] FTP session opened. May 27 10:46:16 li46…
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proftpd does not ask for passphrase

I configured tls for proftpd I uncomment the line Include /etc/proftpd/tls.conf in the file /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf I configured `tls.conf However, it seems to not start correctly. I use sudo service proftpd restart. No error message…
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Best practise for proftp User and Group setting with mod_sql

I am running proftp and I am not sure how to configure the user and groups properly. In my proftpd.conf I configured: # Set the user and group that the server runs as User proftp Group proftp This will effect the system…
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proftpd locking up after a set number of processes reached

We have a proftpd server (1.3.3g) running on centos6 which when it seems to get over approximately 150 processes running locks up and prevents any more connections. The proftpd server connects to MYSQL to handle user authentication. I have run the…
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cannot connect to proftpd on debain

apt-get install proftpd adduser alex adduser alex root chown -R alex:root /var/www/ nano /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf I add: DefaultRoot /var/www alex /etc/init.d/proftpd restart Everything seems ok, but I cannot as alex to ftp ! 530 Login…
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Proftpd connexion limitation rule by user

We are currently defining in the Global scope of our ProFTPd server the following lines: # Allow max 3 unauthenticated connections by IP MaxConnectionsPerHost 3 "Sorry, you may not connect more than (%m) times." # Allow max 3 authenticated…
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ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server PROFTPD

I have a problem with my server. I installed proftpd in my server, and on filezilla its work. But sometime i have this following error ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server So, i have to go on my server and restart my proftpd with this…
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profttp 1.3.5b injecting extra characters in wordpress files when uploading

I been trying to find out why when I upload a brand new wordpress install using ProFTPd 1.3.5b the files get injected with extra characters that aren't part of the file. It only happens to /wp-includes/functions.php from what I can see these are the…
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deny specific file extension in proftpd

user's ftp points to /mnt/ftp/user I want to deny uploading of .jpg extension via ftp to his directory (and for subdirectories too.) I found something like PathAllowFilter but it allows specific exntensions but I need to allow all extensions except…
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Proftpd - hide all subdirectories

I have a proftpd server setup working. Only one user, have locked them to the users directory. How can I hide all subdirectories, so that when the user logs in they can only read and write to files within the login directory. I thought it has…
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