[vsftpd] [Solved] How to set anonymous root directory?

yasar11732 · 2012-05-02 18:44:11

I have set up the vsftpd as I like. I can login as either my own name, or anonymous. But in anonymous login, I end up chrooted to an empty directory. I want to change that directory to somewhere else, where I keep the files I want to share. I have read wiki page, but it doesn't mention how to do it. I have also checked man vsftpd.conf, but no luck.

Edit:
Having another look at the man vsftpd.conf, I see that there is anon_root option that does exactly what I need. I have set it to some directory in my home directory. However, I am still seeing empty directory when I login as anonymous. I guess that may be because I own the directory, and not the ftp user. However, I don't want to change ownership of the directory to ftp user, since I am actively using that directory. Any ideas?

Last edited by yasar11732 (2012-05-02 19:37:18)

.:B:. · 2012-05-02 18:57:54

Normally, the vsftpd manual should have instructions on how to define an anonymous root dir. It's been a while since I used it but I definitely recall it being an option.

Quick google:

http://www.g-loaded.eu/2008/12/02/set-u … -a-minute/

Make sure your user has at least read rights to that dir. Typically, if it's in your home dir, they do not. Set it to some dir in /var or sth and symlink that dir into your own home dir, assign the dir to you as owner, and make sure the ftp user is part of a group that can read the dir. That's the cleanest solution.

Last edited by .:B:. (2012-05-02 19:07:56)

yasar11732 · 2012-05-02 19:26:05

Thanks for the link, it was very helpfull. Unfortunetely, I couldn't make it work yet. Here is my latest config file:

anonymous_enable=YES
local_enable=NO
write_enable=NO
anon_root=/srv/ftp
anon_max_rate=2048000
xferlog_enable=YES
listen=YES

And, I also did

sudo mount --bind /home/yasar/somedir /srv/ftp

I have checked the ownership of files and directories:

yasar@yasar-laptop /srv/ftp $ ls -al /srv
toplam 60
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nis 2 02:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Nis 8 16:55 ..
drwxr-xr-x 883 yasar users 28672 May 1 20:52 ftp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nis 2 02:41 http

Files and directories under ftp are owned by yasar:users and read only for others. I have also tried binding to /srv/ftp/pub, but that didn't work too. (Edit: by that didn't work, I mean I am still seeing empty directory when I login as anon.)

Edit: (Solved) I have restarted the filezilla, and it started working. I didn't see that coming

Last edited by yasar11732 (2012-05-02 19:38:02)

IjonTichy85 · 2014-12-26 12:23:15

haha Thanks! Restarting filezilla solved it

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#1 2012-05-02 18:44:11

[vsftpd] [Solved] How to set anonymous root directory?

#2 2012-05-02 18:57:54

Re: [vsftpd] [Solved] How to set anonymous root directory?

#3 2012-05-02 19:26:05

Re: [vsftpd] [Solved] How to set anonymous root directory?

#4 2014-12-26 12:23:15

Re: [vsftpd] [Solved] How to set anonymous root directory?

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