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 ====== Ubuntu - FTP - Install vsftpd using text file for virtual users ======
+===== Install required packages =====
+<code bash>
+sudo apt install vsftpd libpam-pwdfile
+</code>
+----
+===== Configure vsftpd =====
+Edit these variables in the config file and leave everything else with the default value.
+<file bash /etc/vsftpd.conf>
+anonymous_enable=NO
+local_enable=YES
+write_enable=YES
+local_umask=022
+nopriv_user=vsftpd
+virtual_use_local_privs=YES
+guest_enable=YES
+user_sub_token=$USER
+local_root=/var/www/$USER
+chroot_local_user=YES
+hide_ids=YES
+guest_username=vsftpd
+</file>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:** Set the local_root to the parent directory where the user’s home directories are located.
+</WRAP>
+----
+===== Configure PAM =====
+Configure PAM to check the passwd file for users.
+<file bash /etc/pam.d/vsftpd>
+auth    required pam_pwdfile.so pwdfile /etc/ftpd.passwd
+account required pam_permit.so
+</file>
+Make sure you remove everything else from the file.
+----
+===== Create the passwd file containing the users =====
+<code bash>
+htpasswd -cd /etc/ftpd.passwd user1
+</code>
+You can later add additional users to the file like this:
+<code bash>
+htpasswd -d /etc/ftpd.passwd user2
+</code>
+----
+===== Create a local user account to authenticate virtual users =====
+Create a local user that’s used by the virtual users to authenticate.
+<code bash>
+useradd --home /home/vsftpd --gid nogroup -m --shell /bin/false vsftpd
+</code>
+----
+===== Restart vsftpd =====
+<code bash>
+/etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
+</code>
+----
+===== Create home directory =====
+Create user’s home directory since vsftpd doesn’t do it automatically.
+<code bash>
+mkdir /var/www/user1
+chown vsftpd:nogroup /var/www/user1
+chmod a-w /var/www/user1
+</code>