HOWTO : Pure-ftpd and atftpd on Back|Track 5

You may use FTP and/or atftpd services on Back|Track 5. The following tutorial is showing you how to set it up on Back|Track 5.

PART I - PURE-FTPD

Step 1 :

apt-get install pure-ftpd

Step 2 :

cd /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/

echo ,21 > Bind

Step 3 (Optional) :

If you are behind NAT, you should set the following. The IP of your machine is suppose to be 192.168.1.1 and the passive ports are between 5000 and 5600.

echo 192.168.1.1 > ForcePassiveIP
echo 5000 5600 > PassivePortRange

Step 4 (Optional) :

The following settings are for security only. It is optional :

echo yes > ChrootEveryone
echo yes > ProhibitDotFilesRead
echo yes > ProhibitDotFilesWrite
echo yes > NoChmod
echo yes > BrokenClientsCompatibility

Step 5 :

The following settings are for preventing abuse :

echo 4 > MaxClientsPerIP
echo 20 > MaxClientsNumber

Step 6 :

To use PureDB authentication :

echo no > PAMAuthentication
echo no > UnixAuthentication
echo /etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd.pdb > PureDB
ln -s /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/PureDB /etc/pure-ftpd/auth/50pure

Step 7 :

groupadd -g 2001 ftpgroup
useradd -u 2001 -s /bin/false -d /bin/null -c "pureftpd user" -g ftpgroup ftpuser

Step 8 :

Create a virtual user - samiux :

pure-pw useradd samiux -u ftpuser -d /ftphome/

pure-pw mkdb

*** "pure-pw mkdb" should be issued when a new user is added.

*** Make sure you have a directory /ftphome.

Step 9 :

Add TLS/SSL support and generate a private certificate :

cd /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/
echo 1 > TLS
openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem -out /etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem

chmod 600 /etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem

Restart the pure-ftpd (or reboot your system) :

/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart

Remarks :

I encounter a problem when login to the pure-ftp as invalid username and password. I reboot the system and the problem gone.

PART II - ATFTPD

Step a :

cp /etc/default/atftpd /etc/default/atftpd-old

nano /etc/default/atftpd

Step b :

Change the content as is :

USE_INETD=false
OPTIONS="--tftpd-timeout 300 --retry-timeout 5 --maxthread 100 --verbose=5 --daemon --port 69 /tftpboot"

Step c :

/etc/init.d/atftpd restart

*** Make sure you have a directory /tftpboot.

That's all! See you.