Running Linux, 5th Edition

Configuration

Getting Started

Both the RPM and tarball installations provide a default configuration with a readonly anonymous FTP area and full regular access to users on the system. This is a good starting point if all you want is to offer anonymous FTP access.

The configuration file for ProFTPD is /etc/proftpd.conf or $prefix/etc/proftpd.conf if installed from source. The anonymous FTP users are chroot()ed into the home directory of the FTP user, often something like /srv/ftp/.

proftpd.conf contains a number of configuration directives. A reference of all directives can be found at http://www.proftpd.org/docs/directives/configuration_full.html. The configuration file is divided up into a number of contexts, each dealing with its own aspect of ProFTPD:

Main server

The part of the configuration file that is not inside any other context. This is used for global server settings and is typically found at the beginning of the file.

<Anonymous>

This context is used for configuration details for an anonymous FTP server. By default, ProFTPD will allow anonymous access without a password and chroot() to the FTP directory.

<Directory>

This context is used to specify configuration details on a per-directory basis. This is typically used to limit or give access.

<Limit>

This context is used to control access to FTP commands and groups of FTP commands based on which user is trying to use them.

<Global>

This context is used with virtual hosting (i.e., having ProFTPD serving on multiple interfaces with different ...