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██ ██
█▌ - GLFTPD - █▌
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█ ▐▌
█ glFTPd is my favorite FTP Server, for UNIX based systems, because of it ▐▌
█ being so configurable, plenty of support, tons of add-ons, very easy to ▐▌
█ install and just plain fun to play with :). glFTPd site is HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ NOTE: Though this tutorial was done using v2.01 (2005-12-25) it is still ▐▌
█ applicable and updated for the latest v2.04; just change any commands that ▐▌
█ state '2.01' to 2.04 or the latest version. Always use the latest stable. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Don't let the length of this tutorial scare you; it really is very easy ▐▌
█ as I have included many notes and other how to's so you have a proper ▐▌
█ fully working glFTPd up and running :). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *I have made a condensed version of this tutorial HERE if you just want to ▐▌
█ have the cmds and some examples without explanations. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ NOTES: ▐▌
█ `````` ▐▌
█ Once I got my paws on a Linux box this was the first thing I ever ▐▌
█ installed - before even reading one Linux manual (NOT a great method). I ▐▌
█ saw it had docs and thought 'I can do this'! Well those docs are for ▐▌
█ people that at least know the very basics of Linux. To save yourself a ▐▌
█ lot of hassle; at least know the basics. Here are a few places to learn ▐▌
█ some 'basic Linux': The commands are HERE. Some basics are HERE. And of ▐▌
█ course your best tool is HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ HUGE THANK YOU to the generous talented always helpful peeps in #glftpd ▐▌
█ and #pzs-ng on efnet (IRC) - *Search all the enclosed docs and Google it ▐▌
█ first for solutions to your problem/s before asking! Not everything is ▐▌
█ going to be documented as the README says "...has a zillion different ▐▌
█ options...". Don't let that worry you; as note it does says 'options'. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ RECOMMENDATIONS ▐▌
█ PREREQUISITES ▐▌
█ INSTALLING GLFTPD ▐▌
█ INETD ERROR? ▐▌
█ STARTING GLFTPD SERVER ▐▌
█ SETTING GLFTPD PERMS ▐▌
█ LOGIN TO YOUR FTP FIRST VIA SSH ▐▌
█ THEN LOGIN TO YOUR FTP VIA AN FTP CLIENT ▐▌
█ CRONTAB ▐▌
█ CREATING YOUR SECTIONS FOR SERVER ▐▌
█ PREPARING FOR GLFTPD CONFIGURATIONS ▐▌
█ SECURITY STEP ▐▌
█ CONFIGURING GLFTPD ▐▌
█ USERS VIEW THEIR HOME DIRECTORY ONLY ▐▌
█ CUSTOMIZING YOUR MESSAGES ▐▌
█ INSTALLING EXTRA SCRIPTS ▐▌
█ UNDUPE FILES VIA SSH ▐▌
█ DATED DIRECTORIES AUTOMATICALLY MADE ▐▌
█ GLFTPD LOGS ▐▌
█ DENY .NFO & .DIZ UPLOAD IN ZIP DIRS & FORCE .SFV UPLOAD BEFORE .RARS ▐▌
█ MISC NOTES ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ RECOMMENDATIONS: ▐▌
█ ```````````````` ▐▌
█ Since glFTPd is 'very' customizable I would first recommend: ▐▌
█ 1. Do not install via apt-get, aptitude etc. To be able to use glFTPd to ▐▌
█ its full potential manually install it. It's easy. It's all the various ▐▌
█ optional settings that you can do that will take a bit more work. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. Read the enclosed docs - even if you don't understand everything in ▐▌
█ them 'yet' when you come across a problem or setting that you will want to ▐▌
█ do- it's most likely in the docs. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3. If you are installing this on a remote box - download glFTPd to your ▐▌
█ own box so you have easy access to read all the docs and configuration ▐▌
█ files. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 4. Here are the 'some' of the enclosed docs that you 'need' to read: ▐▌
█ glftpd-LNX_2.01\README HERE ▐▌
█ glftpd-LNX_2.01\docs\glftpd.docs HERE ▐▌
█ glftpd-LNX_2.01\docs\glftpd-shelluser-howto.txt HERE ▐▌
█ glftpd-LNX_2.01\docs\glftpd_faq.html HERE ▐▌
█ glftpd-LNX_2.01\docs\glftpd.conf-EXAMPLES HERE ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ In v2.04 the above docs remain unchanged except \glftpd.conf-EXAMPLES. ▐▌
█ HERE are all v2.04 docs if you want to have a look (note I add on the ▐▌
█ extension '.txt' so they are readable in a browser). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 5. There are many add-on scripts for glFTPd. HERE is a good place to ▐▌
█ start. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 6. You will need root (user with administration rights) to do almost all ▐▌
█ of this. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 7. If you need any OS upgrades - do them now. As I did them later and had ▐▌
█ to fix a few minor problems it created for glftpd. ▐▌
█ su ▐▌
█ apt-get update && apt-get upgrade ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 8. You'll need to know if your server is using inetd or xinetd as you'll ▐▌
█ be prompted during install to select one. To view which one you are ▐▌
█ running, make a note which one: ▐▌
█ ps aux | egrep '[xi]netd' ▐▌
█ Or if you have netstat: ▐▌
█ netstat -tulpn | grep LISTEN | egrep '[xi]netd' ▐▌
█ Output will state which you are running, for example: ▐▌
█ 0.0 0.1 2380 656 ? Ss Mar04 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd ▐▌
█ 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2444/inetd ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PREREQUISITES: ▐▌
█ `````````````` ▐▌
█ To view what is already installed: ▐▌
█ dpkg -l ▐▌
█ Skip the ones that you have already and install the others: ▐▌
█ su ▐▌
█ apt-get install libncurses5-dev zip unzip openssl tcpd openbsd-inetd ▐▌
█ you might also need: ▐▌
█ apt-get install inetutils-inetd tcp_wrappers ▐▌
█ And if you are going to use a site bot (eggdrop): ▐▌
█ apt-get install tcl8.5 tcl8.5-dev ▐▌
█ And if you are going to use pzs-ng zip script: ▐▌
█ apt-get install cURL libssl-dev ▐▌
█ exit ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ INSTALLING GLFTPD: ▐▌
█ `````````````````` ▐▌
█ Check glFTPd site first for the latest version and for the OS and bit ▐▌
█ version you need. For my setup (Debian x86) this is what I did: ▐▌
█ wget http://glftpd.dk/files/glftpd-LNX_2.01.tgz ▐▌
█ (Latest version now for Debian x86 is: ▐▌
█ http://www.glftpd.eu/files/glftpd-LNX-2.04_1.0.1e-2+deb7u3_x86.tgz) ▐▌
█ tar -zxvf glftpd-LNX_2.01.tgz ▐▌
█ rename glftpd--LNX_2.01 to glftpd for ease: ▐▌
█ mv glftpd--LNX_2.01 glftpd ▐▌
█ cd glftpd ▐▌
█ su ▐▌
█ ./installgl.sh ▐▌
█ Note: As per the docs: If running installgl.sh more than once you will get ▐▌
█ an error; please do the following to remove it and start over again: ▐▌
█ 1. edit /etc/inetd.conf, /etc/services and remove all glftpd instances. ▐▌
█ 2. rm /glftpd /etc/glftpd.conf -rf ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ It will reply and prompt you with a number of questions. Hit enter key if ▐▌
█ the default is what you want. Below is part of the log and all my replies ▐▌
█ in Bold: ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ### # ##### ##### #### #### ### ▐▌
█ # # # # # # # # # # # ▐▌
█ # # ### # # # # # # ▐▌
█ # ## # # # #### # # # ▐▌
█ # # # # # # # # # ▐▌
█ ### ##### # # # #### ##### ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ --== WE MAKE FILES TRANSFER ==-- ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ----------------------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ GLFTPD INSTALLER v2.0.1 (linux) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Originally done by jehsom and dn. ▐▌
█ Made ready for the new era by turranius and psxc. ▐▌
█ ----------------------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ ... ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Press <enter> to continue. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 1. TCPD SETUP: ▐▌
█ Do you wish to use tcpd? If you are not sure then you should not use it. ▐▌
█ If you decided to change this at a later time, please search for tcpd in ▐▌
█ glftpd.docs for the required changes. ▐▌
█ Use tcpd? [Y]es [N]o: Y ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. JAIL SETUP: ▐▌
█ Do you want to run glftpd in a "Jailed" environment? In this environment ▐▌
█ a private directory will be created and glftpd will be installed inside. ▐▌
█ Regular shell users will not be able to get inside this private directory. ▐▌
█ The glftpd.conf is also moved inside for added security and a new group ▐▌
█ will be created so you and other users you specify can access glftpd ▐▌
█ through the shell. ▐▌
█ Use a jailed environment? [Y]es [N]o: Y ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Creating the jailed environment. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Please enter the private directory to install glftpd inside [/jail]: /jail ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Do you want to create a private group? If you say no then only root will ▐▌
█ be able to access glftpd. Otherwise you can add other shell users to the ▐▌
█ group so they can access glftpd from the shell. ▐▌
█ Use a private group? [Y]es [No]: Y ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Setting permissions on /jail . . . ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ What would you like your private group to be called? : mewbie ▐▌
█ Who should have access to glftpd? (separate with ,): doggie ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *My note: That will create group mewbie on your shell and user doggie will ▐▌
█ belong to that group. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3. GLFTPD BASE SETUP: ▐▌
█ Please enter the directory inside /jail to install glftpd to [/glftpd]: ▐▌
█ /glftpd ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Copying glftpd files to /jail/glftpd . . . ▐▌
█ Copying required binaries to /jail/glftpd/bin . . . ▐▌
█ All binaries successfully copied. ▐▌
█ Making glftpd's /dev/null & /dev/zero . . . Done. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 4. SERVICE SETUP & MULTI-INSTALL: ▐▌
█ Enter a service name for glftpd. This name will be used as the service ▐▌
█ name mapped to the port in /etc/services, the name used in your (x)inetd ▐▌
█ settings, and the name of your config-file. ▐▌
█ NOTE: If you (wish to) have multiple instances of glftpd on the same box, ▐▌
█ you *must* to change this. ▐▌
█ Press <enter> for the default (glftpd)> glftpd ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *My note: If you see this error: glupdate .. FAILED! ▐▌
█ Don't worry, unless you are doing an update. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 5. COMPILING SOURCES & COPYING LIBS: ▐▌
█ modifying source (bin/sources/glconf.h) ... OK. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 6. PORT AND SYSTEM SETUP: ▐▌
█ Enter the port you would like glftpd to listen on [1337]: 33669 ▐▌
█ Setting userfile permissions . . . ▐▌
█ Adding glftpd service to /etc/services (as glftpd) . . ▐▌
█ Copying glftpd.conf to /jail/glftpd.conf . . . ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *My note: port '33669' should be changed to the port you want to use. For ▐▌
█ security please do not use standard port like 21 or use its default port. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Do you want to use [I]netd or [X]inetd? I ▐▌
█ I select 'I' as per our step 8 earlier my server is running inetd. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Do you wish to use European weeks? European weeks starts with a Monday. ▐▌
█ This is for glftpd's reset binary (see docs for more info) [Y/N]: Y ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 7. SSL/TLS SETUP: ▐▌
█ We will now create a certificate for SSL/TLS support. This step is ▐▌
█ required. ▐▌
█ Please specify location, inside /jail/glftpd, to install the cert ▐▌
█ (ftpd-dsa.pem) [/etc]: /etc ▐▌
█ Please specify a generic name for this certificate. This can be any name ▐▌
█ but should say something about the ftp server like the name for it perhaps ▐▌
█ (press enter for glftpd): glftpdmewbie ▐▌
█ Please wait while creating certificate... (will take time!) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Note: from v2.02 it will generate a ECDSA cert; ftpd-ecdsa.pem ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 8. STARTING GLFTPD: ▐▌
█ Copying /etc/resolv.conf etc... ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 9. FINISHED: ▐▌
█ Congratulations, glFtpD has been installed. Scroll up and note any errors ▐▌
█ that needs fixing. ./installgl.debug contains a log of the installation ▐▌
█ process. To get your site running, you must edit /jail/glftpd.conf ▐▌
█ according to the instructions in /jail/glftpd/docs/glftpd.docs. ▐▌
█ For help, visit #glftpd on EFnet after you've read (not skimmed) the ▐▌
█ docs/faq. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ INETD ERROR?: ▐▌
█ ````````````` ▐▌
█ If you see an error similar to this OR can't login to your FTP (login - ▐▌
█ next section): ▐▌
█ Restarting inetd . . . Failed! You must restart inetd before using glftpd. ▐▌
█ To view if inetd is listed as running: ▐▌
█ ps -A ▐▌
█ find reply in list something like this: 1899 ? 00:00:00 inetd ▐▌
█ If it is running stop it: ▐▌
█ killall -HUP inetd ▐▌
█ or ▐▌
█ kill -HUP [PID of inetd] which in my reply above PID would be: ▐▌
█ kill -HUP 1899 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Then we need to edit the inetd.conf: ▐▌
█ (to read about inetd: man inetd.conf ) ▐▌
█ pico /etc/inetd.conf ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If these lines aren't in the file add them at the bottom (mine weren't): ▐▌
█ #:OTHER: Other services ▐▌
█ glftpd stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /glftpd/bin/glftpd -l -o -i ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Now start inetd: ▐▌
█ /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd start ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *My note: After updating Debian version those lines in my inetd.conf now ▐▌
█ are like this: ▐▌
#:OTHER: Other services
#<off># netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/smbd
glftpd stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /jail/glftpd/bin/glftpd -l -o -i -r /jail/glftpd.conf -s/jail/glftpd/bin/bin/glstrings.bin -e
ftp://glftpd:glftpd2.1.1@gnix.myftp.org:65535 SSL
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