As you know, ehcp uses vsftpd as the ftp layer in server. However, there are some problems in this ftp server since a while. There are some errors like “refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()” or “libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work”.
\nThese errors may arise also after Ubuntu\/package upgrade.<\/p>\n
There are some solutions to these problems but, anyway, we are seeking fo alternatives to vsftpd. You may also suggest alternative ftp servers.
\nThe new server should be:
\n* Easily installable and configurable,
\n* Authenticates through ehcp db of mysql,
\n* Store passwords in non-plain text<\/p>\n
Currently, we managed to build an ftp server using python programming language, in our own, to overcome these issues, after seeking some alternatives.
\nWe will test these for a while, note that these are all beta quality software.<\/p>\n
You may download these two files to your ehcp dir in your server:
\nhttp:\/\/ehcp.net\/diger\/classapp.py
\nhttp:\/\/ehcp.net\/diger\/ftp_server.py<\/p>\n
and run ftp_server.py in console of your server, here are required commands for downloading and running in console:<\/p>\n
cd \/var\/www\/new\/ehcp
\nwget http:\/\/ehcp.net\/diger\/classapp.py
\nwget http:\/\/ehcp.net\/diger\/ftp_server.py
\nchmod a+x *.py
\napt-get install python-mysqldb
\napt-get install python-pip
\npip install pyftpdlib
\nupdate-rc.d vsftpd disable
\nservice vsftpd stop
\n.\/ftp_server.py<\/p>\n
We basicly tested it and it works, but it needs testing throughly.
\n(this ftpserver currently needs to be restarted manually each time a new user is added. will be fixed.)<\/p>\n
This ftp server is used by default in ehcp versions starting 0.38.b (being tested now)<\/p>\n
See you, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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