After being a dedicated Gentoo user, I’ve recently moved over to Debian. Hoping to work more on productive tasks, than just administrating my servers. In the switch I had to configure Pure-FTPD to use virtual users, and the config files are quite a bit different than Gentoo.
I thought I’d write up a quick how to on how to configure Pure-FTPD with virtual users in Debian, as sort of a personal reference, and in hope someone else will be able to put it to use. And here we go..
Enable PureDB authentication:
# cd /etc/pure-ftpd/auth
# ln -s ../conf/PureDB 50pure
To disable PAM authentication and UNIX authentication so you only have virtual users:
# echo no > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/PAMAuthentication
# echo no > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/UnixAuthentication
That’s it. Simple, but when coming from a single config file, this isn’t at all intuitive – at least to me.
I’ve always recommended Pure-FTPD for it’s security, features, and simplicity. You can find out more information at the official Pure-FTPD projects website: www.Pure-FTPD.org
