FTP User Individuality

Ok, so I fixed the next issue with my ftp, which is upload access. This is an easy issue if you just want to give everybody and their mother upload access. However, I don't want to do this so I had to setup per-user configuration in vsftpd. Since this is built-in it is a lot easier than it sounds.

1. Add the following line to /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf:
   
   user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_user_conf
anon_world_readable_only=NO
   
   
2. Create that directory:
   
   mkdir /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_user_conf
   
   
3. Next create the users configuration:
   
   echo "write_enable=YES" >> /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_user_conf/fred
echo "anon_upload_enable=YES" >> /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_user_conf/fred
echo "anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES" >> /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_user_conf/fred


I created a couple simple bash scripts that can be used add users and add upload access to users. Both scripts must be ran as root.

Script to add users to your ftp.

#!/bin/bash
# Name: addFtpUser.sh
# Description: Adds users to /etc/vsftpd/logins.txt and resets the database
# MUST BE RAN AS ROOT
# Arguments: $1=Username $2=Password
# Author: Kevin Harriss
# special.kevin@gmail.com
# Version: 0.01
if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then
echo "Username and Password needed!!!"
else
echo $1 >> /etc/vsftpd/logins.txt
echo $2 >> /etc/vsftpd/logins.txt
db_load -T -t hash -f /etc/vsftpd/logins.txt /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_login.db
fi

Here is the bash script to add upload access to a user.

#!/bin/bash
# Name: grantFtpUpload.sh
# Description: Gives user upload access to ftp.
# MUST BE RAN AS ROOT
# Arguments: $1=Username
# Author: Kevin Harriss
# special.kevin@gmail.com
# Version: 0.01
if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then
echo "Username needed!!!"
exit
else
echo "write_enable=YES" >> /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_user_conf/$1
echo "anon_upload_enable=YES" >> /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_user_conf/$1
echo "anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES" >> /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_user_conf/$1
fi