Re: [orca-list] FTP server: I'm obviously doing something wrong, although probably am on the right track.

[Nimer Jaber <nimerjaber1 gmail com>]

This list is for the discussion of the Orca screen reader. Not for the discussion of the process for how to make an FTP server. There are many guides to follow, but an understanding of how Linux permissions and directories is probably your best start. And I don't think this list needs your rudeness. Finally, had you posted the command you posted to any of my list, it would have meant a perminent and everlasting ban. While I don't believe anyone would try to input that command, it could cause real harm and time loss if they did.

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 9:54 PM Christopher Gilland via orca-list <orca-list gnome org> wrote:

What do you mean other users? I'm trying to do this by only allowing
anonymous access for now.

I did Google a bit more, especially on the clue you gave. I didn't
however know this was a Blues Clues game. Pardon my sarcasm.

Here's a hint for you in return.

sudo rm -R /Hashtag/I Have shingles and am very sick and tired, I just
need a direct answer for now./*

Again, with all due respect, I don't mean this rudely. I appreciate the
help, but as I said, the more I am reading, the more confused I'm becoming.

You say I may have to exhaust other resources. Is it not OK to ask here?
Perhaps I am not understanding the meaning for this list? If I'm not,
then fill
me in please. What am I missing.

Again, I don't mean any of this to sound nor be rude in nature. If I've
broken guidelines by asking, then tell me such.

I'm not afraid to read documentation, but I'm tired of doing so, getting
stuck, asking for help, then people just saying to me keep reading, when
I've
clearly stated I'm caaaaan? fiew'w'w'w'wzed! How clear does that
statement have to be?

Anyway, enough drama from me. You, I think, get my point. Nonetheless,
thanks for your attempt to help; I know you meant/mean well at trying,
and that's
what ultimately counts.

Chris.

On 02/02/2019 11:43 PM, Andy Borka via orca-list wrote:
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You may need to seek other resources to get your ftp server up and
running. As a slight hint though, try adding your ftp users to the ftpd
group. Much
the same way multiuser webservers add the approved web server users to
the www-data group.

On 2/2/19 11:14 PM, Christopher Gilland via orca-list wrote:
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So, my gut feeling on this is, I'm probably very very close to having
this correctly working. I just have one issue, but don't exactly know
where I'm going
wrong, and after reading the docs, I'm still not able to get things
properly configured, and therefore would like to seek some help from one
of you who're
way more experienced with Linux than I am at this point.

So, I did an apt-get, and installed in Ubuntu, VSFTPD.

I set local users to not be able to log in, but did set the directoive
in vsftpd.conf to allow anonymous users.

I noticed that the

anon_root

directive, IE, anon_root=/var/ftp wasn't present in the conf file. I
therefore went ahead and inserted it.

Also, this directory wasn't created when installing the pkg, although
according to the docs I've read online, it should a been, unless I
misunderstood.


/home/ftp wasn't created either, which I've seen references to.

Anyway, I figured, my home user isn't going to have write access
permissions to the /var directory, therefore, I did:

sudo mkdir /var/ftp

Then I declared that in the conf file as the anon_root.

Now, that worked perfectly. Here however is where I'm getting really stuck.

In my home directory, /home/chris

I have the subdirectory which comes already created upon installing
Ubuntu called Music. So, /home/chris/Music.

What the ultimate goal is here is, I'm a professional musician who
writes my own music. I'd like to give anonymous access for people to
download my music.
No, I'm not distributing illegal music; I'm not stupid!

Right now, the only thing in /home/chris/Music is my own material.
Nothing more.

So, again, I figured, I don't have permissions to write to anything as
the chris user in /var. Therefore, I figured I'm going to need super
user rights
to do this.

Therefore I did the following after creating the /var/ftp directory with
sudo:

sudo ln -s /home/chris/Music Music

My thought was, create a soft link, since hard links cannot link to
directories. And, I figured do this with sudo, as again, I probably
otherwise wouldn't
have permissions to do anything with modifying the /var directory, let
alone the /var/ftp directory. That might partially be where I went
wrong, I'm not
totally sure. I'm still really not fully getting how ownership and
permissions totally work in Linux, so forgive me.

Now, without sudo, if I do:

cd /var/ftp/Music

That does work, and if I then do an ls on that, I do show all the stuff
which is actually in /home/chris/Music. So, I know my soft link
definitely did
work.

However now, if I go to Filezilla on my Windows machine, log in
anonymously to the server, I do see that one thing... "Music", but as
soon as I try to
open up the ddirectory by hitting enter on it from the list view, I get
a toast notification that states that 1 transfer failed, but it doesn't
really
give any detail as to why! it failed.

I suspect, though not positive, that this has something to do with the
fact that chris owns /home/chris/Music, and not the user who is needed
for the ftp
server, let alone the anonymous user logging in.

I have the vsftpd.conf set to not croot users in their home directories,
and I also have it set to allow access to local directories on the machine.

I know this isn't really secure doing this, but just to see if it was a
permissions thing, I decided I'd change the permissions on the
/home/chris/Music
directory just for giggles, to see if that would help. I had no
intentions of keeping it this way.

chmod 755 /home/chris/Music

The only thing I can think is, to open the directory, you'd need
execute, therefore that should a been 777 not 755.

Doing this though isn't helping.

Was I wrong in creating the soft link in /var/ftp to /home/chris/Music?
And further, were there places I used sudo where it really wasn't
necessary?

Basically, all I'm wanting is, when the anonymous user logs in, I want
them to see a folder called Music. When they go there, I actually in all
actulality
want it taking them to /home/chris/Music, and I only want them to be
able to download, but not upload.

I feel I'm on the right track, as far as my theories on the
permissions/ownerships, but I just don't quite know enough to understand
where I went wrong.
Reading docs online about file and directory permissions is only
confusing me more than it is helping.

I do suffer from a mild learning disability, and have been classified on
the spectrum of being incredibly mildly mentally challenged in some
areas, so
please be patient with me. I really do want to learn this. I love
Ubuntu, and feel I'm so dang close to having this. I'm actually very
very proud of myself
for what so far I have! learned all on my own. I never suspected I'd do
as well with this as I have.

Chris.

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