Virtual Private Server User Guide

FTP Services

would need to upload it to the /var/ftp/pub directory through user authenticated 

FTP, and then you would need to ensure that it had the correct permissions. The 

correct permissions for this file, assuming that you wanted members of the 

iftpadmini special user group to be able to maintain the file, would look something 

like this:

 rw rw r    1 msmith  ftpadmin  4500828 Jan 23 2001 myfile.zip

To download the file in this example through anonymous FTP, visitors would need 

only to point their FTP client or Web browser to a URL like the one below:

ftp://your_domain/pub/myfile.zip

ProFTPd   The FTP Server Application

ProFTPd is the name of the preinstalled application that powers your FTP 

services. ProFTPd is an FTP server application written for UNIX and similar in 

design and concept to the Apache Web server. Among other things, ProFTPd 

supports resumable downloads   a feature that allows those visitors whose FTP 

client supports it, to pick up where they left off in the event they get disconnected 

during a file transfer.

ProFTPd is spawned by the Xinetd application whenever someone attempts to 

connect to your server through FTP. If desired, FTP services can be disabled 

using the inetctl command, as discussed is the Controlling Xinetd section of this 

guide.

Configuring ProFTPd

The operation of ProFTPd can be modified through a configuration file in your /

usr/local/etc directory called proftpd.conf. This configuration file can be modified 

only on the VPS Root product, and must be edited by the superuser.

Note: The ProFTP server that is preinstalled on your VPS server is 

configured to provide both user authenticated and anonymous FTP 

access. Basic technical assistance in using authenticated and 

anonymous FTP is provided as long as the customer has not 

replaced the provided FTP server with an alternate and has not 

altered the /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf file from the default 

configuration. Customers with root enabled products such as VPS 

Root are welcome to customize the configuration of their ProFTP 

server, but will not receive technical assistance in doing do and 

assume responsibility for all FTP related issues once the 

configuration has been altered.

Technical Training Department

August 2004

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