Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota
And Bandwidth Management) On Debian Lenny
Debian 5.05 Lenny
Linux
2010-08-30
1 Preliminary Note
In this tutorial I use the hostname server1.example.com
with the IP address 192.168.0.100. These settings might
differ for you, so you have to replace them where appropriate.
2 Install MySQL And phpMyAdmin
This can all be installed with one single command:
aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client
phpmyadmin apache2
You will be asked these questions:
New password for the MySQL
"root" user:Repeat password for the MySQL "root" user: Web server to reconfigure automatically:
3 Install PureFTPd With MySQL Support
For Debian there is a pre-configured pure-ftpd-mysql
package available. Install it like this:
aptitude install pure-ftpd-mysql
Then we create an ftp group (ftpgroup)
and user (ftpuser) that all our virtual users will be
mapped to. Replace the group- and userid 2001 with a
number that is free on your system:
groupadd -g 2001 ftpgroup
useradd -u 2001 -s /bin/false -d /bin/null -c "pureftpd user" -g
ftpgroup ftpuser
4 Create The MySQL Database For PureFTPd
Now we create a database called pureftpd
and a MySQL user named pureftpd which the PureFTPd
daemon will use later on to connect to the pureftpd
database:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE pureftpd;
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP ON pureftpd.* TO
'pureftpd'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ftpdpass';
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP ON pureftpd.* TO
'pureftpd'@'localhost.localdomain' IDENTIFIED BY 'ftpdpass';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
这个地方要将localhost.localdomain,换成服务器的主机名,比如ftp3.tsnc.edu.cn
Replace the string ftpdpass with
whatever password you want to use for the MySQL user pureftpd.
Still on the MySQL shell, we create the database table we need (yes, there is
only one table!):
USE pureftpd;
CREATE TABLE ftpd (
User varchar(16) NOT NULL default '',
status enum('0','1') NOT NULL default '0',
Password varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
Uid varchar(11) NOT NULL default '-1',
Gid varchar(11) NOT NULL default '-1',
Dir varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',
ULBandwidth smallint(5) NOT NULL default '0',
DLBandwidth smallint(5) NOT NULL default '0',
comment tinytext NOT NULL,
ipaccess varchar(15) NOT NULL default '*',
QuotaSize smallint(5) NOT NULL default '0',
QuotaFiles int(11) NOT NULL default 0,
PRIMARY KEY (User),
UNIQUE KEY User (User)
) TYPE=MyISAM;
quit;
As you may have noticed, with the quit;
command we have left the MySQL shell and are back on the Linux shell.
BTW, (I'm assuming that the hostname of your ftp server
system is server1.example.com) you can access
phpMyAdmin under http://server1.example.com/phpmyadmin/
(you can also use the IP address instead of server1.example.com)
in a browser and log in as the user pureftpd. Then
you can have a look at the database. Later on you can use phpMyAdmin to
administrate your PureFTPd server.
5 Configure PureFTPd
Edit /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf.
It should look like this:
cp /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf
/etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf_orig
cat /dev/null > /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf
vi /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf
MYSQLSocket/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock#MYSQLServerlocalhost#MYSQLPort3306MYSQLUserpureftpdMYSQLPasswordftpdpassMYSQLDatabasepureftpd#MYSQLCrypt md5, cleartext, crypt() or password() - md5 is VERY RECOMMENDABLE uppon cleartextMYSQLCryptmd5MYSQLGetPWSELECT Password FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L" AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R")MYSQLGetUIDSELECT Uid FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L" AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R")MYSQLGetGIDSELECT Gid FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L"AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R")MYSQLGetDirSELECT Dir FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L"AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R")MySQLGetBandwidthUL SELECT ULBandwidth FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L"AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R")MySQLGetBandwidthDL SELECT DLBandwidth FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L"AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R")MySQLGetQTASZSELECT QuotaSize FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L"AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R")MySQLGetQTAFSSELECT QuotaFiles FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L"AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R")
Make sure that you replace the string ftpdpass
with the real password for the MySQL user pureftpd in
the line MYSQLPassword! Please note that we use md5
as MYSQLCrypt method, which means we will store the
users' passwords as an MD5 string in the database which is far more secure than
using plain text passwords!
Then create the file /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/ChrootEveryone
which simply contains the string yes:
echo "yes" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/ChrootEveryone
This will make PureFTPd chroot every virtual user in his
home directory so he will not be able to browse directories and files outside
his home directory.
Also create the file /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/CreateHomeDir
which again simply contains the string yes:
echo "yes" >
/etc/pure-ftpd/conf/CreateHomeDir
This will make PureFTPd create a user's home directory when
the user logs in and the home directory does not exist yet.
Now we must configure PureFTPd as a standalone daemon (it
is currently controlled by inetd). To do this, we open /etc/default/pure-ftpd-common
and change the value of the parameter STANDALONE_OR_INETD
to standalone:
vi /etc/default/pure-ftpd-common
# Configuration for pure-ftpd# (this file is sourced by /bin/sh, edit accordingly)# STANDALONE_OR_INETD# valid values are "standalone" and "inetd".# Any change here overrides the setting in debconf.STANDALONE_OR_INETD=standalone# VIRTUALCHROOT:# whether to use binary with virtualchroot support# valid values are "true" or "false"# Any change here overrides the setting in debconf.VIRTUALCHROOT=false# UPLOADSCRIPT: if this is set and the daemon is run in standalone mode,# pure-uploadscript will also be run to spawn the program given below# for handling uploads. see /usr/share/doc/pure-ftpd/README.gz or# pure-uploadscript(8)# example: UPLOADSCRIPT=/usr/local/sbin/uploadhandler.plUPLOADSCRIPT=# if set, pure-uploadscript will spawn $UPLOADSCRIPT running as the# given uid and gidUPLOADUID=UPLOADGID=
Next, we modify /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the ftp line:
vi /etc/inetd.conf
[...]#:STANDARD: These are standard services.#ftpstreamtcpnowaitroot/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/pure-ftpd-wrapper[...]
Afterwards, we restart Inetd and PureFTPd:
/etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart
6 Populate The Database And Test
To populate the database you can use the MySQL shell:
mysql -u root -p
USE pureftpd;
Now we create the user exampleuser
with the status 1 (which means his ftp account is
active), the password secret (which will be stored
encrypted using MySQL's MD5 function), the UID and GID 2001
(use the userid and groupid of the user/group you created at the end of step
two!), the home directory /home/www.example.com, an
upload and download bandwidth of 100 KB/sec. (kilobytes per second), and a
quota of 50 MB:
INSERT INTO `ftpd` (`User`, `status`, `Password`, `Uid`,
`Gid`, `Dir`, `ULBandwidth`, `DLBandwidth`, `comment`, `ipaccess`,
`QuotaSize`, `QuotaFiles`) VALUES ('exampleuser', '1', MD5('secret'), '2001',
'2001', '/home/www.example.com', '100', '100', '', '*', '50', '0');
quit;
Now open your FTP client program on your work station
(something like WS_FTP or SmartFTP if you are on a Windows system or gFTP on a
Linux desktop) and try to connect. As hostname you use server1.example.com
(or the IP address of the system), the username is exampleuser,
and the password is secret.
If you are able to connect - congratulations! If not,
something went wrong.
Now, if you run
ls -l /home
you should see that the directory /home/www.example.com
(exampleuser's home directory) has been automatically
created, and it is owned by ftpuser and ftpgroup (the user/group we created at the end of step
three):
server1:~# ls -l /home
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 administrator administrator 4096 2009-02-16 13:18 administrator
drwxr-xr-x 2 ftpuser ftpgroup 4096 2009-06-05 16:09 www.example.com
server1:~#
7 Database Administration
For most people it is easier if they have a graphical
front-end to MySQL; therefore you can also use phpMyAdmin (in this example
under http://server1.example.com/phpmyadmin/) to
administrate the pureftpd database.
Whenever you want to create a new user, you have to create
an entry in the table ftpd so I will explain the
columns of this table here:
ftpd Table:
User: The
name of the virtual PureFTPd user (e.g. exampleuser).
status: 0 or
1. 0 means the account is disabled, the user cannot login.
Password: The
password of the virtual user. Make sure you use MySQL's MD5 function to save
the password encrypted as an MD5 string:
·UID: The userid of the ftp user
you created at the end of step two (e.g. 2001).
·GID: The groupid of the ftp group
you created at the end of step two (e.g. 2001).
·Dir: The home directory of the
virtual PureFTPd user (e.g. /home/www.example.com). If it does not exist, it
will be created when the new user logs in the first time via FTP. The virtual
user will be jailed into this home directory, i.e., he cannot access other directories
outside his home directory.
·ULBandwidth: Upload bandwidth of
the virtual user in KB/sec. (kilobytes per second). 0 means unlimited.
·DLBandwidth: Download bandwidth of
the virtual user in KB/sec. (kilobytes per second). 0 means unlimited.
·comment: You can enter any comment
here (e.g. for your internal administration) here. Normally you leave this
field empty.
·ipaccess: Enter IP addresses here
that are allowed to connect to this FTP account. * means any IP address is
allowed to connect.
·QuotaSize: Storage space in MB (not
KB, as in ULBandwidth and DLBandwidth!) the virtual user is allowed to use on
the FTP server. 0 means unlimited.
·QuotaFiles: amount of files
the virtual user is allowed to save on the FTP server. 0 means unlimited.
8 Anonymous FTP
If you want to create an anonymous ftp account (an ftp account that
everybody can login to without a password), you can do it like this:
First create a user ftp (with the homedir /home/ftp) and group ftp:
groupadd ftp
useradd -s /bin/false -d /home/ftp -m -c "anonymous ftp" -g ftp ftp
Then create the file /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/NoAnonymous which contains the
string no:
echo "no" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/NoAnonymous
With this configuration, PureFTPd will allow anonymous logins.
Restart PureFTPd:
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart
Then we create the directory /home/ftp/incoming which will allow anonymous
users to upload files. We will give the /home/ftp/incoming directory
permissions of 311 so that users can upload, but not see or download any files
in that directory. The /home/ftp directory will have permissions of 555 which
allows seeing and downloading of files:
cd /home/ftp
mkdir incoming
chown ftp:nogroup incoming/
chmod 311 incoming/
cd ../
chmod 555 ftp/
Now anonymous users can login, and they can download files from /home/ftp,
but uploads are limited to /home/ftp/incoming (and once a file is uploaded into
/home/ftp/incoming, it cannot be read nor downloaded from there; the server
admin has to move it into /home/ftp first to make it available to others).
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