Setting up FTP

Creating groups and users

• Create the goups and users used by ProFTPD by running:

groupadd -g 65534 nogroup
groupadd -g 4 ftp
useradd -u 65535 -g nogroup -d /home nobody
useradd -u 4 -g ftp -s /bin/sh -m ftp

Installing ProFTPD

• Unpack the ProFTPD archive and install it by running:

./configure
make
make install

Creating the /etc/init.d/proftpd script

• Create a new file /etc/init.d/proftpd containing:

#!/bin/sh
# Begin /etc/init.d/proftpd

check_status()
{
  if [ $? = 0 ]
  then
    echo "OK"
  else
    echo "FAILED"
  fi
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting Pro FTP daemon..."
    start-stop-daemon -S -q -o -x /usr/sbin/proftpd
    check_status
    ;;

  stop)
    echo -n "Stopping Pro FTP daemon..."
    start-stop-daemon -K -q -o -x /usr/sbin/proftpd
    check_status
    ;;

  restart)
    echo -n "Stopping Pro FTP daemon..."
    start-stop-daemon -K -q -o -x /usr/sbin/proftpd
    check_status

    sleep 1

    echo -n "Starting Pro FTP daemon..."
    start-stop-daemon -S -q -o -x /usr/sbin/proftpd
    check_status
    ;;

  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
    ;;

esac

# End /etc/init.d/proftpd

Setting up permissions and symlinks

• Set the proper permissions by running:

chmod 755 /etc/init.d/proftpd

• Create the proper symlinks by running:

cd /etc/rc2.d
ln -s ../proftpd S30proftpd
cd ../rc0.d
ln -s ../proftpd S30proftpd
cd ../rc6.d
ln -s ../proftpd S30proftpd