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Setup Ubuntu 8.04 LTS FTP server with Quota and Bandwidth Management

(contributed by Linus Shio)

Package/ Application Required
1. VMware ESXi 4.0
2. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (JeOS edition)
3. MySQL server
4. Apache web server
5. Pure-Ftpd (FTP server)
6. phpMyAdmin (version 2.x.x)
7. PHP 5

 

Note: Sorry, i won’t explain Ubuntu 8.04 LTS JeOS and VMware ESXi server installation (please google). This guide is only command and commands. Yes, as you read thru, i also won’t explain what this command for. Anyway, any Linux immediate users of cause should understand them.

Step 1. $sudo -s

Step 2. #vim /etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 dns-nameservers 202.188.0.133 202.188.1.5

Step 3. #vim /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1            localhost.localdomain    localhost 192.168.1.1         ftp.iampenguin.com       ftp

Step 4. #vim /etc/hostname

ftp

Step 5. #/etc/init.d/hostname.sh start

Step 6. #hostname –fqdn

ftp.iampenguin.com

Step 7. #apt-get update

Step 8. #apt-get dist-upgrade

Step 9. #shutdown –r 0
 

Step10. #apt-get install build-essential wget cron logrotate rar unrar openssh-server openssl libnet-ssleay-perl mysql-server apache2 php5 php5-gd php5-ming php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-sqlite php5-memcache php5-imap php5-curl php5-idn php-pear php5-imagick php5-mcrypt php5-pspell php5-recode php5-json php5-xsl php5-xmlrpc php5-tidy pure-ftpd-mysql

Step 11. #groupadd –g 2001 ftpgroup

Step 12. #useradd –u 2001 –s /bin/false –d /bin/bull –c “pureftpd user” –g ftpgroup ftpuser

Step 13. #mysql –u root –p

mysql> CREATE DATABASE pureftpd; mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP ON pureftpd.* TO 'pureftpd'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP ON pureftpd.* TO 'pureftpd'@'localhost.localdomain' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; mysql> USE pureftpd; mysql> 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; mysql> quit;

Step 14. #cp /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf_ori

Step 15. #cat /dev/null > /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf

Step 16. #vim /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf

MYSQLSocket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock MYSQLUser pureftpd MYSQLPassword ftpdpass MYSQLDatabase pureftpd MYSQLCrypt md5 MYSQLGetPW SELECT Password FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L" AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R") MYSQLGetUID SELECT Uid FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L" AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R") MYSQLGetGID SELECT Gid FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L"AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R") MYSQLGetDir SELECT 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") MySQLGetQTASZ SELECT QuotaSize FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L"AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R") MySQLGetQTAFS SELECT QuotaFiles FROM ftpd WHERE User="\L"AND status="1" AND (ipaccess = "*" OR ipaccess LIKE "\R")

Step 17. #echo "yes" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/ChrootEveryone

Step 18. #echo "yes" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/CreateHomeDir

Step 19. #echo "yes" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/DontResolve

Step 20. #echo "20" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/MaxClientsNumber

Step 21. #echo "5" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/MaxClientsPerIP

Step 22. #echo "200 4" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/LimitRecursion

Step 23. #echo "133:022" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/Umask

Step 24. #echo "yes" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/NoAnonymous

Step 25. #echo "no" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/DisplayDotFiles

Step 26. #echo "no" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/AllowDotFiles

Step 27. #echo “yes” > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/NoChmod

Step 28. #/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart

Step 29. #cd /

Step 30. #mkdir /packages

Step 31. #cd /packages

Step 32. #wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.490.tar.gz

Step 33. #tar xvzf webmin-1.490.tar.gz

Step 34. #cd webmin-1.490

Step 35. #setup.sh
 

Note:Well, i did setup apache with SSL for phpMyAdmin login page at my customer environment but again, sorry that i won’t explain the configuration. (please google)

Step 36. #wget  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/phpmyadmin/phpMyAdmin/2.11.9.6/phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.6-english.tar.gz

Step 37. #tar xvzf phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.6-english.tar.gz

Step 38. #mv /phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.6 /var/www/phpmyadmin

Step 39. #cd /var/www/phpmyadmin

Step 40. #mkdir config

Step 41. Open browser (eg. IE, Firefox and etc)

Step 42. Type http://192.168.1.1/phpmyadmin/scripts/setup.php

Step 43. #cd config

Step 44. #cp config.ini.php /var/www/phpmyadmin

Step 45. #cd ../

Step 46. #rm –rf config

Step 47. #rm –rf scripts

Step 48. Open browser (eg. IE, Firefox and etc)

Step 49. Type http://192.168.1.1/phpmyadmin and direct to phpMyAdmin web admin tool. Done.

Step 50. #mysql –u root –p

mysql> USE pureftpd; mysql> INSERT INTO `ftpd` (`User`, `status`, `Password`, `Uid`, `Gid`, `Dir`, `ULBandwidth`, `DLBandwidth`, `comment`, `ipaccess`, `QuotaSize`, `QuotaFiles`) VALUES ('ftpuser1', '1', MD5('password'), '2001', '2001', '/home/ftpuser1, '100', '100', '', '*', '100', '1000'); mysql>quit;

Step 51. #ftp 192.168.1.1

Step 52. User: ftpuser1

Step 53. Password: yourpassword

Step 54. User: The name of the virtual PureFTPd user (e.g. ftpuser1).

Step 55. status: 0 or 1. 0 means the account is disabled, the user cannot login.

Step 56. Password: The password of the virtual user. Make sure you use MySQL's MD5 function to save the password encrypted as an MD5 string.

Step 57. UID: The userid of the ftp user you created at the end of step two (e.g. 2001).

 
Step 58. GID: The groupid of the ftp group you created at the end of step two (e.g. 2001).

Step 59. 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.

Step 60. ULBandwidth: Upload bandwidth of the virtual user in KB/sec. (kilobytes per second). 0 means unlimited.

Step 61. DLBandwidth: Download bandwidth of the virtual user in KB/sec. (kilobytes per second). 0 means unlimited.

Step 62. comment: You can enter any comment here (e.g. for your internal administration) here. Normally you leave this field empty.

Step 63. ipaccess: Enter IP addresses here that are allowed to connect to this FTP account. * means any IP address is allowed to connect.

Step 64. 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.

Step 65. QuotaFiles: amount of files the virtual user is allowed to save on the FTP server. 0 means unlimited.
 

 

Note from 1a-centosserver.com webmaster: Thank you very much for your support to make this comprehensive guide and your kindness to share the knowledge among us. I found this guide if very practical for ftp administration.  Since this is using pure-ftpd packages, I will 'migrate' the setting and test out in CentOS Linux soon!

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