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Configuration Directives
A complete list of available directives can be found in the man page for vsftpd.conf. They are split into three categories: boolean, numeric and string.
Main vsFTP config file
The main configuration file is /etc/vsftpd.conf.
anonymous_enable=YES #enabled by default, set to no to prevent anonymous access
local_access=YES #disabled by default, must be disabled to allow anonymous downloads.
chroot_local_user=YES #prevent access to the / directory by limiting users to home directories
write_enable=YES # allow users to write files
local_umask=022 #permissions for new files
anon_upload_enable=YES # allow anonymous uploads, requires a directory with correct permissions and context
anon_mkdir_write=YES # allow anonymous users to create directories
chown_uploads=YES #Set the user on new files
chown_username=whoever #User who owns files - SHOULD NOT BE ROOT
ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah #message displayed on logging in
dirmessage_enable=YES # looks for a .messgae file and sends it to the client
xferlog_enable=YES #logging of both uploads and downloads
xferlog_file #chnage to logs from /var/log/vsftpd.log
xferlog_std_format=YES #logs will contin the date, time, IP, user and more
connect_from_port_20=YES #Some FTPs require communication using port 20
idle_session_timeout=600 #logs users out after a period of inactivity