HP File Archiving Software manual Configuring Vsftpd on SuSE Linux, To set up a new group and user

Configuring VSFTPD on SuSE Linux

Perform the following steps to enable an FMA-compatible FTP configuration with Very Secure FTP Daemon (VSFTPD) on SuSE Linux.

To set up a new group and user

1.At the system prompt, enter the following to add a new user group with restricted rights to the system: groupadd fma

2.Enter the following to add a user with minimal rights:

useradd -m -k /bin/false -d PartitionRoot -g fma -s /bin/false fma

where -dPartitionRoot is the root directory of the archive location, -s /bin/falseprevents a login using telnet, and -g fma is the primary group of the FMA user.

3.Enter the following to change the password and activate the account: passwd fma

4.Enter a new password.

To take ownership of the PartitionRoot

At the system prompt, enter the following:

chown -R fma:fma PartitionRoot

To activate inetd, the UNIX daemon that manages Internet services

1.Enter the following to start the YaST operating system setup and configuration tool with the corresponding parameter:

yast inetd

2.Enter the following to check whether inetd is already active: ps ax fgrep -i inetd

3.If inetd does not appear in the output of grep, enter the following to start inetd:

/etc/init.d/inetd start

To configure VSFTPD

1.Activate the FTP server vsftpd in /etc/inetd.conf file. The entry is commented out by default.

2.Create a file named /etc/vsftpd.userlist.

3.Open the file and add all users that are allowed to access the FTP server.

4.Open the /etc/vsftpd.conf file for the FTP server and modify it to match the following:

/etc/vsftpd.conf

#------ Configuration used for FTPAccess of FMA anonymous_enable=NO

local_enable=YES write_enable=YES dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES chroot_local_user=YES userlist_enable=YES userlist_deny=NO userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.userlist local_umask=027

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