proftpd localhost

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#1 Thu, 04/11/2013 - 11:52

hamishguthrie

proftpd localhost

What is the best way to limit access to the ftp server to localhost only - I have a number of Joomla sites and I would like to limit ftp access to the joomla backend ftp only (in other words only access from localhost) and all external requests should be denied.

Thanks in advance

#2 Thu, 04/11/2013 - 12:16

andreychek

Howdy,

You can set what IP address ProFTPd listens to by editing /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf, and set "DefaultAddress" to "127.0.0.1".

There's more details on that option here:

http://www.proftpd.org/docs/directives/configuration_full.html#DEFAULTAD...

#3 Fri, 04/12/2013 - 03:48 (Reply to #2)

hamishguthrie

I tried that but it still accepts logins from external computers - I am a bit puzzled

#4 Sat, 05/03/2014 - 13:58

hamishguthrie

I have discovered the key to this. The proftpd.conf file should be updated as follows:

DefaultAddress 127.0.0.1

SocketBindTight on

Without the SocketBindTight the server would still accept requests from external IP addresses.

#5 Fri, 04/12/2013 - 07:12

andreychek

I'm glad you got it working -- thanks for letting us know how you fixed it!

-Eric

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