Someone was able to compromise a version of the vsftpd secure FTP server recently, inserting a simple backdoor that gives the attacker a shell on compromised machines. The bad version of the server ...

listen=no in vsftpd.conf so xinted is setup (see settings below). However, I cannot connect in passive mode. Any ideas what's wrong here?<BR><BR>/etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd ...

Can you believe that in nearly four years of Paranoid Penguin columns, I've never talked about how to configure FTP services? This month I fix that, using my new favorite FTP server, Chris Evans' ...

Get a basic review of how to install VSFTP, add users, and use the tool in stand-alone mode or inetd/xinetd mode. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers can be useful for providing files to customers ...

I am running vsftpd and it is being initialized through inetd as root. Now, when a user logs in (non-anon connections only), they can view their files and folders fine, but I'm trying to set ...