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NAME

       vsftpd.conf - config file for vsftpd

DESCRIPTION

       vsftpd.conf  may  be  used  to  control various aspects of vsftpd's behaviour. By default,
       vsftpd looks for this file at the location /etc/vsftpd.conf.  However,  you  may  override
       this  by  specifying  a  command line argument to vsftpd. The command line argument is the
       pathname of the configuration file for vsftpd. This behaviour is useful  because  you  may
       wish to use an advanced inetd such as xinetd to launch vsftpd with different configuration
       files on a per virtual host basis.

FORMAT

       The format of vsftpd.conf is very simple. Each line is either a comment  or  a  directive.
       Comment lines start with a # and are ignored. A directive line has the format:

       option=value

       It  is  important  to  note that it is an error to put any space between the option, = and
       value.

       Each setting has a compiled in default which may be modified in the configuration file.

BOOLEAN OPTIONS

       Below is a list of boolean options. The value for a boolean option may be set  to  YES  or
       NO.

       allow_anon_ssl
              Only  applies  if  ssl_enable  is  active.  If  set to YES, anonymous users will be
              allowed to use secured SSL connections.

              Default: NO

       anon_mkdir_write_enable
              If set to YES, anonymous users will be permitted to create  new  directories  under
              certain  conditions.  For  this to work, the option write_enable must be activated,
              and the anonymous ftp user must have write permission on the parent directory.

              Default: NO

       anon_other_write_enable
              If set to YES, anonymous users will be permitted to perform write operations  other
              than  upload and create directory, such as deletion and renaming. This is generally
              not recommended but included for completeness.

              Default: NO

       anon_upload_enable
              If set to YES, anonymous users will be permitted  to  upload  files  under  certain
              conditions.  For  this  to work, the option write_enable must be activated, and the
              anonymous ftp user must have write permission on  desired  upload  locations.  This
              setting is also required for virtual users to upload; by default, virtual users are
              treated with anonymous (i.e. maximally restricted) privilege.

              Default: NO

       anon_world_readable_only
              When enabled, anonymous users will only be allowed  to  download  files  which  are
              world  readable. This is recognising that the ftp user may own files, especially in
              the presence of uploads.

              Default: YES

       anonymous_enable
              Controls whether anonymous logins are  permitted  or  not.  If  enabled,  both  the
              usernames ftp and anonymous are recognised as anonymous logins.

              Default: NO

       ascii_download_enable
              When enabled, ASCII mode data transfers will be honoured on downloads.

              Default: NO

       ascii_upload_enable
              When enabled, ASCII mode data transfers will be honoured on uploads.

              Default: NO

       async_abor_enable
              When  enabled,  a  special FTP command known as "async ABOR" will be enabled.  Only
              ill advised FTP clients will  use  this  feature.  Additionally,  this  feature  is
              awkward  to  handle,  so it is disabled by default. Unfortunately, some FTP clients
              will hang when cancelling a transfer unless this feature is available, so  you  may
              wish to enable it.

              Default: NO

       background
              When  enabled,  and  vsftpd is started in "listen" mode, vsftpd will background the
              listener process. i.e. control will immediately be  returned  to  the  shell  which
              launched vsftpd.

              Default: NO

       check_shell
              Note!  This  option  only  has an effect for non-PAM builds of vsftpd. If disabled,
              vsftpd will not check /etc/shells for a valid user shell for local logins.

              Default: YES

       chmod_enable
              When enabled, allows use of the SITE CHMOD command.  NOTE!  This  only  applies  to
              local users. Anonymous users never get to use SITE CHMOD.

              Default: YES

       chown_uploads
              If  enabled,  all anonymously uploaded files will have the ownership changed to the
              user  specified  in  the  setting  chown_username.   This   is   useful   from   an
              administrative, and perhaps security, standpoint.

              Default: NO

       chroot_list_enable
              If  activated,  you  may provide a list of local users who are placed in a chroot()
              jail in their home directory upon login.  The  meaning  is  slightly  different  if
              chroot_local_user  is  set  to  YES. In this case, the list becomes a list of users
              which are NOT to be placed in a chroot() jail.  By  default,  the  file  containing
              this   list  is  /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list,  but  you  may  override  this  with  the
              chroot_list_file setting.

              Default: NO

       chroot_local_user
              If set to YES, local users will be (by default) placed in a chroot() jail in  their
              home  directory  after  login.   Warning:  This  option  has security implications,
              especially if the users have upload permission, or shell access. Only enable if you
              know  what  you  are  doing.   Note that these security implications are not vsftpd
              specific. They apply to all FTP daemons which offer to put local users in  chroot()
              jails.

              Default: NO

       connect_from_port_20
              This  controls  whether  PORT  style data connections use port 20 (ftp-data) on the
              server machine. For security reasons, some clients may  insist  that  this  is  the
              case.  Conversely,  disabling  this option enables vsftpd to run with slightly less
              privilege.

              Default: NO (but the sample config file enables it)

       debug_ssl
              If true, OpenSSL connection diagnostics are dumped to the vsftpd log file.   (Added
              in v2.0.6).

              Default: NO

       delete_failed_uploads
              If true, any failed upload files are deleted.  (Added in v2.0.7).

              Default: NO

       deny_email_enable
              If  activated,  you may provide a list of anonymous password e-mail responses which
              cause  login  to  be  denied.  By  default,  the  file  containing  this  list   is
              /etc/vsftpd.banned_emails,  but  you  may  override this with the banned_email_file
              setting.

              Default: NO

       dirlist_enable
              If set to NO, all directory list commands will give permission denied.

              Default: YES

       dirmessage_enable
              If enabled, users of the FTP server can be shown messages when they first  enter  a
              new  directory.  By default, a directory is scanned for the file .message, but that
              may be overridden with the configuration setting message_file.

              Default: NO (but the sample config file enables it)

       download_enable
              If set to NO, all download requests will give permission denied.

              Default: YES

       dual_log_enable
              If enabled,  two  log  files  are  generated  in  parallel,  going  by  default  to
              /var/log/xferlog  and  /var/log/vsftpd.log.  The former is a wu-ftpd style transfer
              log, parseable by standard tools. The latter is vsftpd's own style log.

              Default: NO

       force_dot_files
              If activated, files and directories starting with .  will  be  shown  in  directory
              listings  even  if  the "a" flag was not used by the client. This override excludes
              the "." and ".." entries.

              Default: NO

       force_anon_data_ssl
              Only applies if ssl_enable is activated. If activated,  all  anonymous  logins  are
              forced  to  use  a  secure SSL connection in order to send and receive data on data
              connections.

              Default: NO

       force_anon_logins_ssl
              Only applies if ssl_enable is activated. If activated,  all  anonymous  logins  are
              forced to use a secure SSL connection in order to send the password.

              Default: NO

       force_local_data_ssl
              Only applies if ssl_enable is activated. If activated, all non-anonymous logins are
              forced to use a secure SSL connection in order to send and  receive  data  on  data
              connections.

              Default: YES

       force_local_logins_ssl
              Only applies if ssl_enable is activated. If activated, all non-anonymous logins are
              forced to use a secure SSL connection in order to send the password.

              Default: YES

       guest_enable
              If enabled, all non-anonymous logins are classed as "guest" logins. A  guest  login
              is remapped to the user specified in the guest_username setting.

              Default: NO

       hide_ids
              If  enabled, all user and group information in directory listings will be displayed
              as "ftp".

              Default: NO

       implicit_ssl
              If enabled, an SSL handshake is the first thing expect on all connections (the FTPS
              protocol).  To  support  explicit  SSL  and/or  plain  text  too, a separate vsftpd
              listener process should be run.

              Default: NO

       listen If enabled, vsftpd will run in standalone mode. This means that vsftpd must not  be
              run  from  an  inetd  of  some  kind.  Instead,  the  vsftpd executable is run once
              directly. vsftpd itself will then take care of listening for and handling  incoming
              connections.

              Default: NO

       listen_ipv6
              Like  the  listen parameter, except vsftpd will listen on an IPv6 socket instead of
              an IPv4 one. Note that a socket listening on  the  IPv6  "any"  address  (::)  will
              accept  both  IPv6  and  IPv4 connections by default. This parameter and the listen
              parameter are mutually exclusive.

              Default: NO

       local_enable
              Controls whether local logins  are  permitted  or  not.  If  enabled,  normal  user
              accounts in /etc/passwd (or wherever your PAM config references) may be used to log
              in. This must be enable for any non-anonymous  login  to  work,  including  virtual
              users.

              Default: NO

       lock_upload_files
              When  enabled,  all  uploads  proceed  with  a  write  lock on the upload file. All
              downloads proceed with a shared read lock on the download  file.  WARNING!   Before
              enabling  this,  be  aware  that malicious readers could starve a writer wanting to
              e.g. append a file.

              Default: YES

       log_ftp_protocol
              When enabled, all FTP requests and  responses  are  logged,  providing  the  option
              xferlog_std_format is not enabled. Useful for debugging.

              Default: NO

       ls_recurse_enable
              When  enabled, this setting will allow the use of "ls -R". This is a minor security
              risk, because a ls -R at the top level of  a  large  site  may  consume  a  lot  of
              resources.

              Default: NO

       mdtm_write
              When  enabled, this setting will allow MDTM to set file modification times (subject
              to the usual access checks).

              Default: YES

       no_anon_password
              When enabled, this prevents vsftpd from asking for  an  anonymous  password  -  the
              anonymous user will log straight in.

              Default: NO

       no_log_lock
              When  enabled,  this  prevents  vsftpd  from taking a file lock when writing to log
              files. This option should  generally  not  be  enabled.  It  exists  to  workaround
              operating  system  bugs  such as the Solaris / Veritas filesystem combination which
              has been observed to sometimes exhibit hangs trying to lock log files.

              Default: NO

       one_process_model
              If you have a Linux 2.4 kernel, it is possible to use a  different  security  model
              which  only  uses one process per connection. It is a less pure security model, but
              gains you performance. You really don't want to enable this unless  you  know  what
              you  are  doing,  and  your  site supports huge numbers of simultaneously connected
              users.

              Default: NO

       passwd_chroot_enable
              If enabled, along with chroot_local_user , then a chroot()  jail  location  may  be
              specified  on  a  per-user  basis.  Each  user's  jail  is  derived from their home
              directory string in /etc/passwd. The occurrence of /./ in the home directory string
              denotes that the jail is at that particular location in the path.

              Default: NO

       pasv_addr_resolve
              Set  to  YES  if  you  want  to  use  a  hostname (as opposed to IP address) in the
              pasv_address option.

              Default: NO

       pasv_enable
              Set to NO if you want to disallow the PASV method of obtaining a data connection.

              Default: YES

       pasv_promiscuous
              Set to YES if you want to disable the PASV security check  that  ensures  the  data
              connection  originates  from  the  same IP address as the control connection.  Only
              enable if you know what you are doing! The only legitimate use for this is in  some
              form of secure tunnelling scheme, or perhaps to facilitate FXP support.

              Default: NO

       port_enable
              Set to NO if you want to disallow the PORT method of obtaining a data connection.

              Default: YES

       port_promiscuous
              Set  to  YES  if  you  want  to  disable  the PORT security check that ensures that
              outgoing data connections can only connect to the client. Only enable if  you  know
              what you are doing!

              Default: NO

       require_cert
              If  set  to  yes,  all  SSL  client  connections  are  required to present a client
              certificate. The degree of validation applied to this certificate is controlled  by
              validate_cert (Added in v2.0.6).

              Default: NO

       require_ssl_reuse
              If  set  to yes, all SSL data connections are required to exhibit SSL session reuse
              (which proves that they know the  same  master  secret  as  the  control  channel).
              Although  this  is a secure default, it may break many FTP clients, so you may want
              to    disable    it.    For    a    discussion    of    the    consequences,    see
              http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/02/vsftpd-210-released.html
               (Added in v2.1.0).

              Default: YES

       run_as_launching_user
              Set  to  YES  if  you want vsftpd to run as the user which launched vsftpd. This is
              useful where root access is not available. MASSIVE  WARNING!  Do  NOT  enable  this
              option  unless you totally know what you are doing, as naive use of this option can
              create massive security problems. Specifically, vsftpd does not / cannot use chroot
              technology  to  restrict  file  access when this option is set (even if launched by
              root). A poor substitute could be to use a deny_file setting such as {/*,*..*}, but
              the  reliability of this cannot compare to chroot, and should not be relied on.  If
              using this option, many restrictions on other options apply. For  example,  options
              requiring  privilege  such  as  non-anonymous  logins,  upload  ownership changing,
              connecting from port 20 and listen ports less than 1024 are not expected  to  work.
              Other options may be impacted.

              Default: NO

       secure_email_list_enable
              Set  to  YES  if  you  want only a specified list of e-mail passwords for anonymous
              logins to be accepted. This is useful as a low-hassle way of restricting access  to
              low-security  content without needing virtual users. When enabled, anonymous logins
              are prevented unless the password provided is listed in the file specified  by  the
              email_password_file  setting.  The  file  format is one password per line, no extra
              whitespace. The default filename is /etc/vsftpd.email_passwords.

              Default: NO

       session_support
              This controls whether vsftpd attempts to maintain sessions for logins. If vsftpd is
              maintaining  sessions,  it  will  try and update utmp and wtmp. It will also open a
              pam_session if using PAM to authenticate, and only close this upon logout. You  may
              wish  to  disable  this  if  you  do not need session logging, and you wish to give
              vsftpd more opportunity to run with less processes and / or less privilege. NOTE  -
              utmp and wtmp support is only provided with PAM enabled builds.

              Default: NO

       setproctitle_enable
              If  enabled,  vsftpd  will  try  and  show session status information in the system
              process listing. In other words, the reported name of the process  will  change  to
              reflect  what  a vsftpd session is doing (idle, downloading etc). You probably want
              to leave this off for security purposes.

              Default: NO

       ssl_enable
              If enabled, and vsftpd was compiled against OpenSSL,  vsftpd  will  support  secure
              connections  via  SSL. This applies to the control connection (including login) and
              also data connections. You'll need a client with SSL support  too.  NOTE!!   Beware
              enabling  this option. Only enable it if you need it. vsftpd can make no guarantees
              about the security of the OpenSSL libraries.  By  enabling  this  option,  you  are
              declaring that you trust the security of your installed OpenSSL library.

              Default: NO

       ssl_request_cert
              If   enabled,   vsftpd   will   request   (but   not   necessarily   require;   see
              require_cert)acertificateonincomingSSLconnections.Normallythis should not cause any
              trouble at all, but IBM zOS seems to have issues.  (New in v2.0.7).

              Default: YES

       ssl_sslv2
              Only applies if ssl_enable is activated. If enabled, this option will permit SSL v2
              protocol connections.  TLS v1 connections are preferred.

              Default: NO

       ssl_sslv3
              Only applies if ssl_enable is activated. If enabled, this option will permit SSL v3
              protocol connections.  TLS v1 connections are preferred.

              Default: NO

       ssl_tlsv1
              Only applies if ssl_enable is activated. If enabled, this option will permit TLS v1
              protocol connections.  TLS v1 connections are preferred.

              Default: YES

       strict_ssl_read_eof
              If enabled, SSL data uploads are required to terminate via SSL, not an EOF  on  the
              socket.  This  option  is required to be sure that an attacker did not terminate an
              upload prematurely with a faked TCP  FIN.  Unfortunately,  it  is  not  enabled  by
              default because so few clients get it right. (New in v2.0.7).

              Default: NO

       strict_ssl_write_shutdown
              If enabled, SSL data downloads are required to terminate via SSL, not an EOF on the
              socket. This is off by default as I was unable to find a  single  FTP  client  that
              does  this.  It  is minor. All it affects is our ability to tell whether the client
              confirmed full receipt of the file. Even without this option, the client is able to
              check the integrity of the download. (New in v2.0.7).

              Default: NO

       syslog_enable
              If  enabled,  then any log output which would have gone to /var/log/vsftpd.log goes
              to the system log instead. Logging is done under the FTPD facility.

              Default: NO

       tcp_wrappers
              If enabled, and vsftpd was compiled with tcp_wrappers support, incoming connections
              will  be fed through tcp_wrappers access control. Furthermore, there is a mechanism
              for  per-IP  based  configuration.  If  tcp_wrappers  sets   the   VSFTPD_LOAD_CONF
              environment  variable,  then  the  vsftpd  session  will  try  and  load the vsftpd
              configuration file specified in this variable.

              Default: NO

       text_userdb_names
              By default, numeric IDs are shown  in  the  user  and  group  fields  of  directory
              listings.  You  can  get  textual  names  by  enabling this parameter. It is off by
              default for performance reasons.

              Default: NO

       tilde_user_enable
              If enabled, vsftpd will try and resolve pathnames such as ~chris/pics, i.e. a tilde
              followed  by  a  username. Note that vsftpd will always resolve the pathnames ~ and
              ~/something (in this case the ~ resolves to the initial login directory). Note that
              ~user  paths  will  only  resolve  if  the file /etc/passwd may be found within the
              _current_ chroot() jail.

              Default: NO

       use_localtime
              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.

              Default: NO

       use_sendfile
              An internal setting used for testing the relative benefit of using  the  sendfile()
              system call on your platform.

              Default: YES

       userlist_deny
              This option is examined if userlist_enable is activated. If you set this setting to
              NO, then users will be denied login unless they are explicitly listed in  the  file
              specified  by userlist_file.  When login is denied, the denial is issued before the
              user is asked for a password.

              Default: YES

       userlist_enable
              If enabled, vsftpd will load a list  of  usernames,  from  the  filename  given  by
              userlist_file.   If  a user tries to log in using a name in this file, they will be
              denied before they are asked for a password.  This  may  be  useful  in  preventing
              cleartext passwords being transmitted. See also userlist_deny.

              Default: NO

       validate_cert
              If  set to yes, all SSL client certificates received must validate OK.  Self-signed
              certs do not constitute OK validation. (New in v2.0.6).

              Default: NO

       virtual_use_local_privs
              If enabled, virtual users will use the same privileges as local users. By  default,
              virtual  users  will  use the same privileges as anonymous users, which tends to be
              more restrictive (especially in terms of write access).

              Default: NO

       write_enable
              This controls whether any FTP commands which change the filesystem are  allowed  or
              not. These commands are: STOR, DELE, RNFR, RNTO, MKD, RMD, APPE and SITE.

              Default: NO

       xferlog_enable
              If  enabled,  a  log  file will be maintained detailling uploads and downloads.  By
              default, this file will be placed at /var/log/vsftpd.log, but this location may  be
              overridden using the configuration setting vsftpd_log_file.

              Default: NO (but the sample config file enables it)

       xferlog_std_format
              If  enabled,  the  transfer log file will be written in standard xferlog format, as
              used by wu-ftpd. This is useful because you can reuse existing transfer  statistics
              generators.  The default format is more readable, however. The default location for
              this style of log file is /var/log/xferlog, but you may change it with the  setting
              xferlog_file.

              Default: NO

NUMERIC OPTIONS

       Below  is  a  list  of  numeric  options.  A  numeric option must be set to a non negative
       integer. Octal numbers are supported, for convenience of the umask options. To specify  an
       octal number, use 0 as the first digit of the number.

       accept_timeout
              The  timeout,  in  seconds, for a remote client to establish connection with a PASV
              style data connection.

              Default: 60

       anon_max_rate
              The maximum data transfer rate  permitted,  in  bytes  per  second,  for  anonymous
              clients.

              Default: 0 (unlimited)

       anon_umask
              The  value that the umask for file creation is set to for anonymous users. NOTE! If
              you want to specify octal values, remember the "0" prefix otherwise the value  will
              be treated as a base 10 integer!

              Default: 077

       chown_upload_mode
              The file mode to force for chown()ed anonymous uploads. (Added in v2.0.6).

              Default: 0600

       connect_timeout
              The  timeout,  in  seconds,  for  a remote client to respond to our PORT style data
              connection.

              Default: 60

       data_connection_timeout
              The timeout, in seconds, which is roughly the maximum time we permit data transfers
              to stall for with no progress. If the timeout triggers, the remote client is kicked
              off.

              Default: 300

       delay_failed_login
              The number of seconds to pause prior to reporting a failed login.

              Default: 1

       delay_successful_login
              The number of seconds to pause prior to allowing a successful login.

              Default: 0

       file_open_mode
              The permissions with which uploaded files are created. Umasks are applied on top of
              this  value.  You  may  wish  to  change  to  0777 if you want uploaded files to be
              executable.

              Default: 0666

       ftp_data_port
              The port from which PORT style connections originate (as long as the  poorly  named
              connect_from_port_20 is enabled).

              Default: 20

       idle_session_timeout
              The  timeout,  in  seconds,  which  is  the  maximum time a remote client may spend
              between FTP commands. If the timeout triggers, the remote client is kicked off.

              Default: 300

       listen_port
              If vsftpd is in standalone mode, this is the port it will listen  on  for  incoming
              FTP connections.

              Default: 21

       local_max_rate
              The  maximum  data  transfer  rate  permitted,  in  bytes  per  second,  for  local
              authenticated users.

              Default: 0 (unlimited)

       local_umask
              The value that the umask for file creation is set to for local users. NOTE! If  you
              want  to  specify octal values, remember the "0" prefix otherwise the value will be
              treated as a base 10 integer!

              Default: 077

       max_clients
              If vsftpd is in standalone mode, this is the maximum number of clients which may be
              connected. Any additional clients connecting will get an error message.

              Default: 0 (unlimited)

       max_login_fails
              After this many login failures, the session is killed.

              Default: 3

       max_per_ip
              If vsftpd is in standalone mode, this is the maximum number of clients which may be
              connected from the same source internet address. A client will get an error message
              if they go over this limit.

              Default: 0 (unlimited)

       pasv_max_port
              The  maximum  port  to  allocate  for  PASV  style data connections. Can be used to
              specify a narrow port range to assist firewalling.

              Default: 0 (use any port)

       pasv_min_port
              The minimum port to allocate for PASV  style  data  connections.  Can  be  used  to
              specify a narrow port range to assist firewalling.

              Default: 0 (use any port)

       trans_chunk_size
              You  probably  don't want to change this, but try setting it to something like 8192
              for a much smoother bandwidth limiter.

              Default: 0 (let vsftpd pick a sensible setting)

STRING OPTIONS

       Below is a list of string options.

       anon_root
              This option represents a directory which vsftpd will try to change  into  after  an
              anonymous login. Failure is silently ignored.

              Default: (none)

       banned_email_file
              This  option  is the name of a file containing a list of anonymous e-mail passwords
              which are not permitted. This file is consulted if the option deny_email_enable  is
              enabled.

              Default: /etc/vsftpd.banned_emails

       banner_file
              This  option is the name of a file containing text to display when someone connects
              to the server. If set, it overrides the banner string provided by  the  ftpd_banner
              option.

              Default: (none)

       ca_certs_file
              This option is the name of a file to load Certificate Authority certs from, for the
              purpose of validating client certs. The loaded certs are  also  advertised  to  the
              client, to cater for TLSv1.0 clients such as the z/OS FTP client.  Regrettably, the
              default SSL CA cert paths are not used,  because  of  vsftpd's  use  of  restricted
              filesystem spaces (chroot). (Added in v2.0.6).

              Default: (none)

       chown_username
              This  is the name of the user who is given ownership of anonymously uploaded files.
              This option is only relevant if another option, chown_uploads, is set.

              Default: root

       chroot_list_file
              The option is the name of a file containing a list of local  users  which  will  be
              placed  in a chroot() jail in their home directory. This option is only relevant if
              the option chroot_list_enable  is  enabled.  If  the  option  chroot_local_user  is
              enabled,  then  the  list  file  becomes a list of users to NOT place in a chroot()
              jail.

              Default: /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

       cmds_allowed
              This options specifies a comma separated list of allowed FTP commands (post  login.
              USER,  PASS  and  QUIT and others are always allowed pre-login). Other commands are
              rejected. This is a powerful method of really locking down an FTP server.  Example:
              cmds_allowed=PASV,RETR,QUIT

              Default: (none)

       cmds_denied
              This  options  specifies a comma separated list of denied FTP commands (post login.
              USER, PASS, QUIT and others are always allowed pre-login). If a command appears  on
              both this and cmds_allowed then the denial takes precedence. (Added in v2.1.0).

              Default: (none)

       deny_file
              This  option  can be used to set a pattern for filenames (and directory names etc.)
              which should not be accessible in any way. The affected items are not  hidden,  but
              any  attempt  to  do  anything  to  them  (download,  change into directory, affect
              something within directory etc.) will be denied. This option is  very  simple,  and
              should not be used for serious access control - the filesystem's permissions should
              be used in preference. However, this option may be useful in certain  virtual  user
              setups.  In particular aware that if a filename is accessible by a variety of names
              (perhaps due to symbolic links or hard links), then care  must  be  taken  to  deny
              access to all the names.  Access will be denied to items if their name contains the
              string given by hide_file, or if they match the  regular  expression  specified  by
              hide_file.   Note  that  vsftpd's  regular  expression  matching  code  is a simple
              implementation which is a subset of full regular expression functionality.  Because
              of  this,  you will need to carefully and exhaustively test any application of this
              option. And you are recommended to use filesystem  permissions  for  any  important
              security  policies  due to their greater reliability. Supported regex syntax is any
              number of *, ? and unnested {,} operators. Regex matching is only supported on  the
              last  component  of  a  path,  e.g.  a/b/? is supported but a/?/c is not.  Example:
              deny_file={*.mp3,*.mov,.private}

              Default: (none)

       download_file
              This option may be set to restrict downloads  to  files  with  names  matching  the
              specified  pattern.  If  a  filename also matches the deny_file pattern, the denial
              takes precedence. For usage and pattern details, see the deny_file option.

              Default: (none)

       dsa_cert_file
              This option specifies the location of the DSA certificate to use for SSL  encrypted
              connections.

              Default: (none - an RSA certificate suffices)

       dsa_private_key_file
              This  option specifies the location of the DSA private key to use for SSL encrypted
              connections. If this option is not set, the private key is expected to  be  in  the
              same file as the certificate.

              Default: (none)

       email_password_file
              This   option  can  be  used  to  provide  an  alternate  file  for  usage  by  the
              secure_email_list_enable setting.

              Default: /etc/vsftpd.email_passwords

       ftp_username
              This is the name of the user we use for handling anonymous FTP. The home  directory
              of this user is the root of the anonymous FTP area.

              Default: ftp

       ftpd_banner
              This  string  option allows you to override the greeting banner displayed by vsftpd
              when a connection first comes in.

              Default: (none - default vsftpd banner is displayed)

       guest_username
              See the boolean setting guest_enable for a description of what constitutes a  guest
              login. This setting is the real username which guest users are mapped to.

              Default: ftp

       hide_file
              This  option  can be used to set a pattern for filenames (and directory names etc.)
              which should be hidden from directory listings. Despite being hidden, the  files  /
              directories  etc.  are  fully accessible to clients who know what names to actually
              use. Items will be hidden if their names contain the string given by hide_file,  or
              if  they  match  the  regular expression specified by hide_file. Note that vsftpd's
              regular expression matching code is a simple implementation which is  a  subset  of
              full  regular  expression functionality.  See deny_file for details of exactly what
              regex syntax is supported.  Example: hide_file={*.mp3,.hidden,hide*,h?}

              Default: (none)

       listen_address
              If vsftpd is  in  standalone  mode,  the  default  listen  address  (of  all  local
              interfaces) may be overridden by this setting. Provide a numeric IP address.

              Default: (none)

       listen_address6
              Like  listen_address,  but specifies a default listen address for the IPv6 listener
              (which is used if listen_ipv6 is set). Format is standard IPv6 address format.

              Default: (none)

       local_root
              This option represents a directory which vsftpd will try to  change  into  after  a
              local (i.e. non-anonymous) login. Failure is silently ignored.

              Default: (none)

       message_file
              This  option  is  the name of the file we look for when a new directory is entered.
              The contents are displayed to the remote user. This option is only relevant if  the
              option dirmessage_enable is enabled.

              Default: .message

       nopriv_user
              This  is  the  name  of the user that is used by vsftpd when it wants to be totally
              unprivileged. Note that this should be a dedicated user, rather  than  nobody.  The
              user nobody tends to be used for rather a lot of important things on most machines.

              Default: nobody

       pam_service_name
              This string is the name of the PAM service vsftpd will use.

              Default: vsftpd

       pasv_address
              Use  this  option to override the IP address that vsftpd will advertise in response
              to the PASV command. Provide a numeric  IP  address,  unless  pasv_addr_resolve  is
              enabled,  in  which  case you can provide a hostname which will be DNS resolved for
              you at startup.

              Default: (none - the address is taken from the incoming connected socket)

       rsa_cert_file
              This option specifies the location of the RSA certificate to use for SSL  encrypted
              connections.

              Default: /usr/share/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem

       rsa_private_key_file
              This  option specifies the location of the RSA private key to use for SSL encrypted
              connections. If this option is not set, the private key is expected to  be  in  the
              same file as the certificate.

              Default: (none)

       secure_chroot_dir
              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.

              Default: /var/run/vsftpd/empty

       ssl_ciphers
              This option can be used to select which SSL ciphers vsftpd will allow for encrypted
              SSL  connections.  See  the  ciphers  man  page  for  further  details.  Note  that
              restricting  ciphers  can  be a useful security precaution as it prevents malicious
              remote parties forcing a cipher which they have found problems with.

              Default: DES-CBC3-SHA

       upload_file
              This option may be set to  restrict  uploads  to  files  with  names  matching  the
              specified  pattern.  If  a  filename also matches the deny_file pattern, the denial
              takes precedence. For usage and pattern details, see the deny_file option.

              Default: (none)

       user_config_dir
              This powerful option allows the override of any  config  option  specified  in  the
              manual  page, on a per-user basis. Usage is simple, and is best illustrated with an
              example. If you set user_config_dir to be /etc/vsftpd_user_conf and then log on  as
              the   user   "chris",   then   vsftpd   will   apply   the  settings  in  the  file
              /etc/vsftpd_user_conf/chris for the duration of the session.  The  format  of  this
              file  is  as  detailed  in  this manual page! PLEASE NOTE that not all settings are
              effective on a per-user basis. For example, many settings only prior to the  user's
              session being started. Examples of settings which will not affect any behviour on a
              per-user  basis  include  listen_address,  banner_file,  max_per_ip,   max_clients,
              xferlog_file, etc.

              Default: (none)

       user_sub_token
              This   option  is  useful  is  conjunction  with  virtual  users.  It  is  used  to
              automatically generate a home directory for each virtual user, based on a template.
              For example, if the home directory of the real user specified via guest_username is
              /home/virtual/$USER, and user_sub_token is set to $USER,  then  when  virtual  user
              fred   logs   in,   he   will   end  up  (usually  chroot()'ed)  in  the  directory
              /home/virtual/fred.   This  option  also  takes  affect  if   local_root   contains
              user_sub_token.

              Default: (none)

       userlist_file
              This  option  is  the  name  of  the file loaded when the userlist_enable option is
              active.

              Default: /etc/vsftpd.user_list

       vsftpd_log_file
              This option is the name of the file to which we write the vsftpd  style  log  file.
              This   log   is   only   written   if   the   option  xferlog_enable  is  set,  and
              xferlog_std_format is NOT set. Alternatively, it is written if  you  have  set  the
              option  dual_log_enable.  One further complication - if you have set syslog_enable,
              then this file is not written and output is sent to the system log instead.

              Default: /var/log/vsftpd.log

       xferlog_file
              This option is the name of the file to which we write the  wu-ftpd  style  transfer
              log.  The  transfer  log is only written if the option xferlog_enable is set, along
              with xferlog_std_format.  Alternatively, it is written if you have set  the  option
              dual_log_enable.

              Default: /var/log/xferlog

AUTHOR

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