Setup FTP Sub-Directory for Local Users

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∟Setup FTP Sub-Directory for Local Users

This section provides a tutorial example on how to setup 'ftp' sub-directory for local users and allow them upload and download files using vsftpd on CentOS systems.

With the vsftpd configuration presented in the previous tutorial, I am ready to create a "ftp" directory structure under my home directory for my to upload and download files.

1. Create ~/ftp sub-directory as my FTP home directory. Its ownership and permissions are changed to allow "vsftpd" to access.

herong$ sudo mkdir /home/herong/ftp

herong$ sudo chown nobody:nobody /home/herong/ftp

herong$ sudo chmod a-w /home/herong/ftp

herong$ sudo ls -l /home/herong
...
dr-xr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody 6 Jun 23 17:03 ftp

2. Create ~/ftp/files sub-directory with private access for uploading and downloading files.

herong$ sudo mkdir /home/herong/ftp/files

herong$ sudo chown herong:herong /home/herong/ftp/files

herong$ sudo ls -lah /home/herong/ftp/
dr-xr-xr-x 3 nobody nobody 19 Jun 23 17:08 .
drwx------ 3 herong herong 94 Jun 23 17:07 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 herong herong  6 Jun 23 17:08 files

3. Add myself to the vsftpd allowed user list. Note that I am using "user_list" as the allowed user list, different than the default setting. So I have to remove all other users in this file.

herong$ cd /etc/vsftpd

herong$ sudo cp user_list user_list.bck

herong$ sudo vi user_list

# vsftpd userlist
# If userlist_deny=NO, only allow users in this file
# If userlist_deny=YES (default), never allow users in this file, and
# do not even prompt for a password.
# Note that the default vsftpd pam config also checks /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
# for users that are denied.
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