Archive for the ‘FTP’ Category
How to display hidden files with pure-ftpd on Debian and Ubuntu Linux
If hidden files (files that start with a dot like .htaccess, .bash_history, .profile or .ssh) are not displayed in your FTP client, then they are most likely disabled in the FTP server. To enable hidden files in pure-ftpd on Debian and Ubuntu Linux, execute this command:
echo "yes" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/DisplayDotFiles
and then restart pureftpd.
pure-ftpd does not show more then 2000 files on Debian and Ubuntu
The pure-ftp daemon by default has a recursion limit of 2000 files, this prevents the server from showing more then 2000 files when you browse a directory with a FTP client. To expand this Limit to e.g 5000 files, create or edit the file /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/LimitRecursion and add a line “5000 500″:
echo "5000 500" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/LimitRecursion
and then restart pureftpd:
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart
How to speed up logins in pure-ftpd on Debian or Ubuntu Linux by disable name resolving
If you experience problems with slow logins in pure-ftpd, this is often caused by a problem with the resolving of the clients hsotname. This happens e.g. when you run a FTP server in your intranet and the hostname of the client computer does not exist in DNS. To disable name resolving in pureftpd, run the command:
echo 'yes' > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/DontResolve
and then restart pure-ftpd
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart
Disabling name resolving also fixes the following error message:
Jul 24 16:26:28 ispconfig pure-ftpd: (?@?) [ERROR] Sorry, invalid address given
How to enable verbose logging in pure-ftpd on Debian Linux
To turn on verbose logging (e.g. to debug FTP connection or authentication problems) in pure-ftpd FTP server on Debian and Ubuntu Linux, execute the following command as root user in the shell:
echo 'yes' > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/VerboseLog
and then restart pure-ftpd
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart
The debug output will be logged to syslog. To view the log content, execute:
tail -n 100 /var/log/syslog
To disable verbose logging, execute these commands:
rm -f /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/VerboseLog
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart