Setting up FTP server

[cesarcheng]

Excuse, but I'm a beginner and I can't seem to get my FTP server to work. It is on Solaris 7. I created a ftp user with the following entry in /etc/passwd
ftp:*:500:500:Anonymous FTP user:/home/ftp:/bin/true

I created /home/ftp with "drwxr-xr-x root sys" permissions..
I created etc, bin, pub under /home/ftp

I added the ls command with "---x--x--x root sys" permissions to the bin directory..

I added a dummy passwd and group file in etc and placed a bunch of files under the pub directory.

I can open an FTP session with the FTP server from another machine, but I can't see any files. I can upload to the pub directory but I can't see the files. I have verified that the files have been uploaded to the pub directory...

I have even went as far as granting all the files and directories under the /home rwx access.

Any ideas will be helpful..

 

[lamplighter]

Hi,

If I am not mistaken, if you man ftpd, there are instructions and a script that will create the ftp serveryou would like. I have done this a lot. Just man ftpd > ftp.sh and delete what is non-essential leaving just the script. chmod +x the file then run it. It will create the anonymous ftp server home directory under /export/ftp

Hope this helps,

Phil

 

[Guest_imported]

Try moving your home directory somewhere other than /home. /home is generally not real, this is used by the auto mounter (/etc/auto_home), you must use the auto mounter to mount a /home user. The users real home directory must be somewhere else like /export/home and you also need to add the correct entry to /etc/auto_home.

There some security issues as well with the Solaris default ftpd. It basically does not provide the necessary security you may need, try installing wu-ftpd for Solaris.

http://www.sunfreeware.com

 

[coily2]

To follow up on what pbouchie said, I would STRONGLY suggest using a different ftpd than the Solaris default. wu-ftpd is an excellent choice. After installing a more secure ftp daemon, you may want to consider setting up the users in a chroot environment. After I had one of my servers hacked using the default Solaris daemon, I've been running all my servers this way and have not had a problem since.

This site has an excellent walk through on how to set up WU-FTPD:

http://www.wildheart.org/wu-ftpd/

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