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STEP BY STEP MAKING PROFTPD WORK ON N900 :)

You will be able to login with the default user ONLY
to change the password for the default user type :

Code:

sudo gainroot

passwd user

and enter your new password

Step 1 : Enable extras-devel repository and install proftpd

after installing :

Step 2 : in xterm type

Code:

sudo apt-get install nano-opt

Step 3 :

Code:

sudo gainroot

nano /opt/etc/proftpd.conf

Step 4 : use this config :

Code:

ServerName                      "Your FTP server name"

ServerType                      standalone

DefaultServer                   on



# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.

Port                            21



# Don't use IPv6 support by default.

UseIPv6                         off



# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files

# from being group and world writable.

Umask                           022



# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes

# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections

# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works

# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server

# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service

# (such as xinetd).

MaxInstances                    8



# Set the user and group under which the server will run.

User                            nobody

Group                           nogroup



# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home

# directory, uncomment this line.

DefaultRoot ~



# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.

AllowOverwrite          on



# to list hidden files too

ListOptions                     "-a"

# Bar use of SITE CHMOD by default

<Limit SITE_CHMOD>

  DenyAll

</Limit>



<Limit LOGIN>

        AllowGroup ftp

        DenyAll

</Limit>

Step 5 : create a group to carry ftp users (if you want to make more than one user later with specific directories and stuff)

Code:

groupadd ftp

Step 6 : Add 'user' to the ftp group

Code:

usermod -a -G ftp user

Step 7 : the start/stop script :

Code:

nano /etc/init.d/proftpd

then user this code (thanks for who wrote it ;) but it's buggy a lil bit)

Code:

#!/bin/sh



  # ProFTPD files

  FTPD_BIN=/opt/sbin/proftpd

  FTPD_CONF=/opt/etc/proftpd.conf

  PIDFILE=/home/opt/var/proftpd/proftpd.pid



  # If PIDFILE exists, does it point to a proftpd process?



  if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then

   pid=`cat $PIDFILE`

  fi



  if [ ! -x $FTPD_BIN ]; then

    echo "$0: $FTPD_BIN: cannot execute"

    exit 1

  fi



  case $1 in



    start)

      if [ -n "$pid" ]; then

        echo "$0: proftpd [PID $pid] already running"

        exit

      fi



      if [ -r $FTPD_CONF ]; then

        echo "Starting proftpd..."



        $FTPD_BIN -c $FTPD_CONF

         ps -ef | pgrep -x proftpd | awk 'NR>1{exit};1' > $PIDFILE



      else

        echo "$0: cannot start proftpd -- $FTPD_CONF missing"

      fi

 ;;



    stop)

      if [ -n "$pid" ]; then

        echo "Stopping proftpd..."

         rm $PIDFILE

        kill -TERM $pid



      else

        echo "$0: proftpd not running"

        exit 1

      fi

      ;;



    restart)

      if [ -n "$pid" ]; then

        echo "Rehashing proftpd configuration"

        kill -HUP $pid



      else

        echo "$0: proftpd not running"

        exit 1

      fi

      ;;



    *)

      echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"

      exit 1

      ;;



  esac



  exit 0

*hint , to save the texts use ctrl+o , to exit nano use ctrl+x

if you want to use xterm to start and stop the ftp server :
Start :

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd start

Stop :

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd stop

ReStart :

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd restart

Thats all , Enjoy !

If you plan to use something like queen beccon to stat the FTP server , its preferred you do this : (as a root , sudo gainroot)

Code:

chmod 777 /etc/init.d/proftpd

nano /etc/init.d/proftpd_start

and paste this :

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# proftpd-toggle

if pgrep -x proftpd > /dev/null; then

sudo rm /home/opt/var/proftpd/proftpd.pid

sudo killall proftpd

echo Stopped

else

echo Started

sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd start

fi

exit 0

then finally

Code:

chmod 777 /etc/init.d/proftpd_start

no in queen beecon , create a custom command and let it be

Code:

/etc/init.d/proftpd_start

this will toggle the proftpd on/off