====== ProFTPd_Server ======

===== Setting up A FTP Server on Debian =====
 apt-get install proftpd-basic
Choose the "Standalone" Version.

After the installation the server will be running, and will grant access to all user accounts upon the host.

The config file is in /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
 DefaultRoot ~
 <nowiki>//</nowiki> This causes all users to be presented with the contents of their home directory
 <br>
 DefaultRoot /direct_path/folder user 
 <nowiki>//</nowiki>This overrides the default above.
 <br>
 RequireValidShell       on|off


==== mod_delay ====
By default, proftpd has mod_delay enabled. It automatically works when people start downloading too much data too fast etc. This however can be a nuisance sometimes if you are downloading a lot of files etc. The ftp client program may return a 502 error saying some temporary error (which is caused by mod_delay) and can make continuation of ftp downloads painful. To disable mod_delay on proftpd:
 vi /etc/proftpd.conf
 <nowiki>//</nowiki>insert the following lines:
 
   <IfModule mod_delay.c>
    DelayEngine off
  </IfModule>

That should do it. Info got from: http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_delay.html


==== Bandwidth Speed Limiting for FTP ====
If a user wants to limit their own ftp download from their account on a ftp server, they can do the following:
 cd ~/
 vi .ftpaccess
 TransferRate RETR 20 user sburke
 #where 20 = 20KB max, and sburke = username

If an admin wants to limit a user, they can do the following:
 vi /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
 <Global>
 TransferRate RETR 20 user sburke
 </Global>
Ref: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=211807

==== Other ====
 vi /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
 <nowiki>//</nowiki>change from 30 to 5 for quiet ftp server
 MaxInstances                    5


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More Info on:

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http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/228