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I am so excited right now, I finally got my ftp back up and running. I run vsftpd with virtual users and this will be a guide to setting it up.

1. Install vsftpd. On foresight just run:
   
   sudo conary update vsftpd
   
   
2. Create the file with username and password (/etc/vsftpd/logins.txt). The file is an alternating list of username and passwords:
   
   tom
foo

   
3. Add the database file (This requires Berkeley DB program installed):
   
   db_load -T -t hash -f /etc/vsftpd/logins.txt /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_login.db
   
   
4. Fix database permissions:
   
   chmod 600 /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_login.db
   
   
5. Setup pam, Change /etc/pam.d/ftp to only contain the following lines:
   
   auth required /lib/security/pam_userdb.so db=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_login crypt=hash

account required /lib/security/pam_userdb.so db=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_login crypt=hash
   
   
6. Create virtual user:
   
   useradd -d /home/ftp virtual
   
   
7. Create /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf containing the following lines:
   
   anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=NO
anon_upload_enable=NO
anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO
anon_other_write_enable=NO
chroot_local_user=YES
guest_enable=YES
guest_username=virtual
listen=YES
listen_port=21

   
8. Restart vsftpd:
   
   sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
   

Anytime you add a user to /etc/vsftpd/logins.txt you have to add the database again by running:
db_load -T -t hash -f /etc/vsftpd/logins.txt /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_login.db

If you would like an account just let me know.