[ts-7000] Re: Creating a working ftp account on my TS-7400 (proftpd)

["inakizi" <>]

Hello Robert,

I was having the same problem and I solved it with this 
configuration file (please read my comments at the end):

# This sample configuration file illustrates configuring two
# anonymous directories 

ServerName                      "FTP"
ServerType                      inetd
DefaultServer                   on
Port                            21

RootLogin   on

ExtendedLog             /var/log/ftpext      ALL default      
#/dev/null ALL default
SystemLog               /var/log/ftpsystem   ALL default      
#/dev/null ALL default
TransferLog             /var/log/ftptransfer ALL default      
#e/dev/null ALL default

# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User                            root    
Group                           root    
Umask                           022
MaxInstances                    6 

DefaultRoot /root

# Set the maximum number of seconds a data connection is allowed
# to "stall" before being aborted.
TimeoutStalled                  60

# We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed
# in each newly chdired directory.
DisplayLogin                    welcome.msg
DisplayFirstChdir               .message

# Our "basic" anonymous configuration, including a single
# upload directory ("uploads")
<Anonymous /var/ftp>
  
  RequireValidShell             off
  HideUser                      root
  # Allow logins if they are disabled above.
  <Limit LOGIN>
    AllowAll
  </Limit>

  # Maximum clients with message
  MaxClients                    3 "Sorry, max %m users -- try again 
later"

  User                          nobody  
  Group                         nogroup
  UserAlias                     ftp       nobody
  UserAlias                     anonymous nobody

  # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
  <Limit WRITE>
    DenyAll
  </Limit>
  
  # An upload directory that allows storing files but not retrieving
  # or creating directories.
  <Directory uploads/*>
    <Limit READ WRITE STOR DIRS >
     AllowAll 
    </Limit>

    <Limit RETR >
      DenyAll 
    </Limit>
  </Directory>

  <Directory downloads/*>
    <Limit READ WRITE STOR>
      DenyAll
      IgnoreHidden                      on
    </Limit>
    
    <Limit RETR DIRS>
      AllowAll
      IgnoreHidden                      on
    </Limit>
  </Directory>

</Anonymous>
 
This allowed me to do FTP using root. Now this is very risky and you 
should not create a product with this feature enabled. Now to be 
able to create this config file, I enabled logging. Please after you 
get everything working disable the logging changing this entries:

ExtendedLog             /dev/null ALL default
SystemLog               /dev/null ALL default
TransferLog             /dev/null ALL default

or you will destroy your flash memory.

Now if you want to enable ftp in a product or even HTTP we have to 
solve a problem first. I'm trying to track down a problem creating 
and using users on the TS-7400, I guess the problem is with the 
kernel but I haven't figured out what it is yet but I think that the 
kernel functions setgid and setuid are not working in the TS-7400. 
If this doesn't work you cannot create users and the FTP and HTTP 
servers cannot work with a user diferent from root.

If someone knows something about this problem plese share some 
information.



--- In  "Robert Wasniak" <> 
wrote:
>
> Can I see a copy of any one's proftp config file/setup... I cannot 
> login as root to the proftpd server! thanks in advance
> 
> -Bobby
> 
> --- In  "loupi7400" 
> <louis_pierre_beaumont@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Jim,
> > 
> > Thanks a lot for the link, it provided usefull info that i used
> > to make my ftp server working! :)
> > 
> > In proftpd.conf, i changed the user and group from "ftp" 
to "root".
> > I also added a "DefaultRoot /home" option to map the ftp server 
root 
> > to /home.
> > 
> > I can now login to the ftp with "root", no password.
> > 
> > Everything is working great now! :)
>




 
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