uFTP - FTP server installation
Option 1 install from sources (recommended)
Some software are required for this procedure: git, gcc and make, check your Linux distribution documentation for more information about how to get the required software.
Eg: Under Ubuntu/Debian you can install all required software with this command:
# sudo apt-get install git gcc make
Clone the repository:
# git clone https://github.com/kingk85/uFTP.git
Compile uFTP server
# cd uFTP
Note: To enable the large file support, the Makefile file must be edited, find in the file the text that starts with DEFINITIONS= and modify the file as the example below.
DEFINITIONS= #TO ENABLE THE LARGE FILE SUPPORT UNCOMMENT THE NEXT LINE #DEFINITIONS=-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
Remove the comment at the line: #DEFINITIONS=-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
The final result would be:
DEFINITIONS= #TO ENABLE THE LARGE FILE SUPPORT UNCOMMENT THE NEXT LINE DEFINITIONS=-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
Note: To enable TLS/SSL find the following lines in the Makefile file.
ENABLE_OPENSSL_SUPPORT= #TO ENABLE OPENSSL SUPPORT UNCOMMENT NEXT 2 LINES #ENABLE_OPENSSL_SUPPORT=-D OPENSSL_ENABLED #LIBS=-lpthread -lssl -lcrypto
Remove the comments at the lines:
#ENABLE_OPENSSL_SUPPORT=-D OPENSSL_ENABLED #LIBS=-lpthread -lssl -lcrypto
The final result would be:
ENABLE_OPENSSL_SUPPORT= #TO ENABLE OPENSSL SUPPORT UNCOMMENT NEXT 2 LINES ENABLE_OPENSSL_SUPPORT=-D OPENSSL_ENABLED LIBS=-lpthread -lssl -lcrypto
Note: To enable the PAM Authentication module for the standard /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow authentication find the following lines in the makefile.
ENABLE_PAM_SUPPORT= PAM_AUTH_LIB= #TO ENABLE PAM AUTH UNCOMMENT NEXT TWO LINES #ENABLE_PAM_SUPPORT= -D PAM_SUPPORT_ENABLED #PAM_AUTH_LIB= -lpam
Remove the comments at the lines:
#ENABLE_OPENSSL_SUPPORT=-D OPENSSL_ENABLED #LIBS=-lpthread -lssl -lcrypto
The final result would be:
ENABLE_PAM_SUPPORT= PAM_AUTH_LIB= #TO ENABLE PAM AUTH UNCOMMENT NEXT TWO LINES ENABLE_PAM_SUPPORT= -D PAM_SUPPORT_ENABLED PAM_AUTH_LIB= -lpam
The openSSL libraries are required to compile, under Ubuntu use the following command:
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
Generate a new certificate (only if TLS/SSH is enabled):
mkdir /etc/uFTP cd /etc/uFTP openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365 openssl rsa -in key.pem -out newkey.pem mv newkey.pem key.pem chown root:root /etc/uFTP/key.pem chmod -rwx /etc/uFTP/key.pem
Continue with the build.
# make
Copy the files to the linux path, root permission are required under ubuntu use the sudo command.
# cp build/uFTP /sbin/uFTP # cp uftpd.cfg /etc/uftpd.cfg
Set permissions and root restriction of the configuration file.
chown root:root /sbin/uFTP chown root:root /etc/uftpd.cfg chmod -rwx /etc/uftpd.cfg
Run uFTP, note: root permissions are required to execute the uFTP server.
# uFTP
Option 2 install from binary
Download the latest binary file for your OS:
# sudo cd /sbin # sudo wget http://www.uftpserver.com/downloads/binaries/latest/x64/uFTP
Download the latest configuration sample:
# sudo cd /etc # sudo wget http://www.uftpserver.com/downloads/configuration_sample/uftpd.cfg
Set permissions and root restriction of the configuration file.
chown root:root /sbin/uFTP chown root:root /etc/uftpd.cfg chmod -rwx /etc/uftpd.cfg
Run uFTP, note: root permissions are required to execute the uFTP server.
# uFTP
All binary downloads and examples can be found at: http://www.uftpserver.com/downloads/