Pure-FTP configuration Linux

Pure-FTP is a very good FTP server and is easy to install and set-up. There is a little trick to use to get it working but it will ensure that any users that are logged into the FTP session stay in their home folder.

Download pure-ftp from here

You need the GCC and make packages to install this

yum install GCC

yum install make

 

Once downloaded un-tar the file as per normal

tar -xf xxxxx.tar

There is an install file that explains how to install the server, but the basics are

./congure

./make

./make install

This will install the server. The clever bit is how to start the server. You do this by creating a file in the /etc/init.d directory and a start stop file

cd /usr/local/sbin

vi pure-ftp-start

Insert the following line

/usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd -A -H -E -p 40000:50000 -c 20 -C 3 -I 5 -u 1 &

Save the file and then make the file executable

chmod 755 pure-ftp-start

vi pure-ftp-stop

Insert the following line

pkill pure-ftpd

Save the file and then make the file executable

chmod 755 pure-ftp-stop

cd /etc/init.d

vi pureftpd

Insert the following lines – the basis of this has been copied from another startup. Really need to look at some of the stuff at the top, but it works.

#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig: 235 99 10
# description: Start or stop the Webmin server
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: pure-ftp
# Required-Start: $network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Description: Start or stop the pure-ftp server
### END INIT INFO

start=/usr/local/sbin/pure-ftp-start
stop=/usr/local/sbin/pure-ftp-stop

name=’pure-ftp’

case “$1″ in
‘start’)
$start >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
;;
‘stop’)
$stop
;;

‘restart’)
$stop ; $start
;;
*)
echo “Usage: $0 { start | stop }”
;;
esac
exit

Save the file and then make the file executable

chmod 755 pureftpd

To start the service manually

service pureftpd start

To stop the service manually

service pureftpd stop

To make the pure-ftp serever auto start then issue the following command

chkconfig –levels 345 pureftpd on

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