I'd like to run  an ftp server on unRaid.  It would save me having to keep a windows pc running as well pointing at the files on the unRaid server.  The posts I've read on here seem pretty complicated for a newbie, so is there an easier ftp server I can install on unRaid?

 

Some requirements:

I dont use user shares, but want to be able to restrict what folders each user sees on the ftp server

Must be able to give write access to say an upload folder for specific users

Preferably is will have some sort of anti-hammer feature, as my windows box is forever being hammered by people trying to brute force passwords.

 

Thanks for any help.

unRAID already has FTP server.

 

 

unRAID already has FTP server.

 

 

 

I read this on the release notes, but can't find any instructions on how to use it???

sorry I don't get what kind of instructions you need

 

since you need an ftp server, I assume you know how to use one

 

if you know how to use an ftp client, then use it to connect to your unRAID

 

if you mean something else, tell us

 

 

sorry I don't get what kind of instructions you need

 

since you need an ftp server, I assume you know how to use one

 

if you know how to use an ftp client, then use it to connect to your unRAID

 

if you mean something else, tell us

 

 

 

I want this to be an externally available ftp server, that I can create users/passwords for and set specific folders to allow those users to download/upload from/to.

 

Basically a normal ftp server you would find on any windows box.  I currently use RaidenFTP for this task.

 

For example, how do I setup PASV or am I limited to PORT?  How do I create users, assign folders to those users etc..

I suspect it is the normal ftpd as found in any linux distro.

You can find instructions on the web very very easily.

 

The current ftp server uses the users you have configured in the web interface.

 

I am not sure if follows the security settings though (after all there are no security settings for disk shares - yet).

 

I suspect to be able to keep your ftp settings as you want, will need to add a couple of lines in the go script to re-apply them.

Experts will probably help you more.

 

 

The ftp server in unRAID is the vsftp server, from there you should be able to do some searching to find how to adjust the settings.

Keep in mind all settings are on a ramdisk which goes away after the system is rebooted.

Therefore you will need to adjust your settings, test and when happy save them to your flash drive.

Then restore the settings upon reboot with a copy command in your go script.

 

so for the options go to:

 

http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html

 

this conf file is of course in /etc

 

you probably need a cp command in go to replace this conf file with the one you create (and you definitely need to create one as the options by Tom are way too unsecured to allow this server to Internet

 

 

I know how to cp the new conf file but do you need to restart the vsftp daemon?  if so, how?