Pure-FTPd as the FTP server

Set up Pure-ftpd as the secure FTP server with the following features:

• chroot for every connection.
• Virtual User on top of one connection user
• MySQL database to save virtual user's cridential and home folder
• SSL/TLS connection only

Configurations for MySQL

The following target:

• Compile with MySQL client lib
• prepare the MySQL database schema
• get ready the configuration file my MySQL connection
• load the MySQL config file through the command line option

SSL/TLS setup

Mainly the following topics:

• Enable tls during compiling
• prepare the certificate file using OpenSSL or purchase from ISP
• Turn on the tls connection through command line options

Options in Detail

-A
This option has full name --chrooteveryone, which tells the meaning. It will force chroot for every user. When pick this option, pure-fptd has to be ran as root account.

-Y
Option -Y 3 will set PureFtpd to ONLY accept SSL/TLS compitable client. Check the following settings for FileZilla client:

• Menu File -> Site Manager...
• General tab
• Protocol: FTP - File Transfer Protocol
• Encryption: Require explicit FTP over TLS
• Logon Type: Normal
• input your account cridential

Resources

Homepage: http://www.pureftpd.org/project/pure-ftpd

pure-ftpd downloads: http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/releases/

GitHub Page: https://github.com/jedisct1/pure-ftpd

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