Configure Pure-FTP on Kali Linux

FTP or file transfer protocol is a protocol that allows you to transfer files to and from a remote machine. BackTrack has pure-FTPd installed by default. FTP operates on port 21.

Contents :
1. Installasion
2. Configuration
3. Run


Installation Pure-Ftpd

# apt-get install pure-ftpd

Installation Success =))

Configure Ftpd

add new group:

# groupadd ftpgroup

add user:

# useradd -g ftpgroup -d /dev/null -s /etc ftpuser

-g = name or ID of the primary group of the new account
-d = home directory of the new account
-s = login shell of the new account

configure store a list of users:

# pure-pw useradd myftp -u ftpuser -d /home/ftp/pub/myftp

myftp = your ftp username

please enter you password.

configure puredb database file

# pure-pw mkdb

The next entry to the directory /etc/pure-ftpd/auth/

# cd /etc/pure-ftpd/auth

then Create hard links by default:

# ln -s ../conf/PureDB 60pdb

then, make a directory /ftp

# mkdir /home/ftp/

make directory /pub

# mkdir /home/ftp/pub

make directory your ftp username (ex, myftp)

# mkdir /home/ftp/pub/myftp

set the user ID of the file named by each file operand to the user ID specified by the owner operand on di rectory myftp.

# chown -R ftpuser:ftpgroup /home/ftp/pub/myftp

Finish.

Run Ftpd

restart pure-ftpd

# /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart
or
# service pure-ftpd restart

now, testing your ftp

# ftp localhost

Regards
Hidemichi-Hiroyuki a.k.a [H2]