, , This is the vsftpd.conf file from the DigitalOcean ubuntu 16.04 install , The only alterations were to uncomment write_enable=YES and chroot_local_user=YES , , , # Example config file /etc/vsftpd.conf , # , # The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file , # loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable. , # Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults. , # , # READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options. , # Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpds , # capabilities. , # , # , # Run standalone? vsftpd can run either from an inetd or as a standalone , # daemon started from an initscript. , listen=NO , # , # This directive enables listening on IPv6 sockets. By default, listening , # on the IPv6 DQanyDQ address (::) will accept connections from both IPv6 , # and IPv4 clients. It is not necessary to listen on *both* IPv4 and IPv6 , # sockets. If you want that (perhaps because you want to listen on specific , # addresses) then you must run two copies of vsftpd with two configuration , # files. , listen_ipv6=YES , # , # Allow anonymous FTP? (Disabled by default). , anonymous_enable=NO , # , # Uncomment this to allow local users to log in. , local_enable=YES , # , # Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command. , write_enable=YES , # , # Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022, , # if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpds) , #local_umask=022 , # , # Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only , # has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will , # obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user. , #anon_upload_enable=YES , # , # Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create , # new directories. , #anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES , # , # Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they , # go into a certain directory. , dirmessage_enable=YES , # , # If enabled, vsftpd will display directory listings with the time , # in your local time zone. The default is to display GMT. The , # times returned by the MDTM FTP command are also affected by this , # option. , use_localtime=YES , # , # Activate logging of uploads/downloads. , xferlog_enable=YES , # , # Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data). , connect_from_port_20=YES , # , # If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by , # a different user. Note! Using DQrootDQ for uploaded files is not , # recommended! , #chown_uploads=YES , #chown_username=whoever , # , # You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown , # below. , #xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log , # , # If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format. , # Note that the default log file location is /var/log/xferlog in this case. , #xferlog_std_format=YES , # , # You may change the default value for timing out an idle session. , idle_session_timeout=600 , # , # You may change the default value for timing out a data connection. , data_connection_timeout=600 , # , # It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the , # ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user. , #nopriv_user=ftpsecure , # , # Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not , # recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it, , # however, may confuse older FTP clients. , #async_abor_enable=YES , # , # By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore , # the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII , # mangling on files when in ASCII mode. , # Beware that on some FTP servers, ASCII support allows a denial of service , # attack (DoS) via the command DQSIZE /big/fileDQ in ASCII mode. vsftpd , # predicted this attack and has always been safe, reporting the size of the , # raw file. , # ASCII mangling is a horrible feature of the protocol. , #ascii_upload_enable=YES , #ascii_download_enable=YES , # , # You may fully customise the login banner string: , #ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service. , # , # You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently , # useful for combatting certain DoS attacks. , #deny_email_enable=YES , # (default follows) , #banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails , # , # You may restrict local users to their home directories. See the FAQ for , # the possible risks in this before using chroot_local_user or , # chroot_list_enable below. , chroot_local_user=YES , # , # You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home , # directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of , # users to NOT chroot(). , # (Warning! chrooting can be very dangerous. If using chroot, make sure that , # the user does not have write access to the top level directory within the , # chroot) , #chroot_local_user=YES , #chroot_list_enable=YES , # (default follows) , #chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list , # , # You may activate the DQ-RDQ option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by , # default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large , # sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as DQncftpDQ and DQmirrorDQ assume , # the presence of the DQ-RDQ option, so there is a strong case for enabling it. , #ls_recurse_enable=YES , # , # Customization , # , # Some of vsftpds settings dont fit the filesystem layout by , # default. , # , # This option should be the name of a directory which is empty. Also, the , # directory should not be writable by the ftp user. This directory is used , # as a secure chroot() jail at times vsftpd does not require filesystem , # access. , secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty , # , # This string is the name of the PAM service vsftpd will use. , pam_service_name=vsftpd , # , # This option specifies the location of the RSA certificate to use for SSL , # encrypted connections. , rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem , rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key , ssl_enable=NO , , # , # Uncomment this to indicate that vsftpd use a utf8 filesystem. , #utf8_filesystem=YES , , ,