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Configuring Proftpd to act as SFTP Server


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Hi there,

 

just wanted to share some information about setting up proftpd as sftp server with froxlor users.

 

I searched for this solution but couldn't find anything that suited my needs.

 

So, what I wanted to achieve was the following:

  • Using Froxlor FTP-Account management
  • No SSH Access for FTP-Users
  • Chroot for FTP-Users
  • No FTP Protocol  (to avoid Firewall-Config-Nightmares)
  • No interference with standard ssh access

The setup was quite easy/straight-forward:

 

1st edit /etc/proftpd/modules.conf and add following line:

LoadModule mod_sftp.c

 2nd edit /etc/proftpd/sql.conf and add following line:

Include /etc/proftpd/sftp.conf

3rd create file /etc/proftpd/sftp.conf with following content:

<IfModule mod_sftp.c>
SFTPEngine				on
SFTPLog					/var/log/proftpd/sftp.log
SFTPHostKey				/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
SFTPHostKey				/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
</IfModule>

4th restart proftpd:

service proftpd restart

Now your users are able to login to SFTP using standard FTP Port 21 (and you only need to open that port in your firewall), SSH File Transfer Protocol and will only be able to write to the FTP-Directory (i.e. customers home).

 

Hope this helps someone.

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Hi,

thanks for the config, exactly this I was searching for.

But it do not work, I get only a "Protocol error" when I try to connect.

 

Here is the log of the connection attempt:

Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: using '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key' as DSA hostkey
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: using '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key' as RSA hostkey
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: error using DisplayLogin 'welcome.msg': No such file or directory
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: received client version 'SSH-2.0-WinSCP_release_5.7.6'
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: handling connection from SSH2 client 'WinSCP_release_5.7.6'
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session key exchange: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session server hostkey: ssh-rsa
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session client-to-server encryption: aes256-ctr
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session server-to-client encryption: aes256-ctr
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session client-to-server MAC: hmac-sha1
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session server-to-client MAC: hmac-sha1
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session client-to-server compression: none
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session server-to-client compression: none
Nov 12 18:36:36 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: authentication request for user 'apollox' blocked by 'USER' handler
Nov 12 18:36:36 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: disconnecting (Protocol error)

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Problem solved

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Hi there,

 

just wanted to share some information about setting up proftpd as sftp server with froxlor users.

 

I searched for this solution but couldn't find anything that suited my needs.

 

So, what I wanted to achieve was the following:

  • Using Froxlor FTP-Account management
  • No SSH Access for FTP-Users
  • Chroot for FTP-Users
  • No FTP Protocol  (to avoid Firewall-Config-Nightmares)
  • No interference with standard ssh access

The setup was quite easy/straight-forward:

 

1st edit /etc/proftpd/modules.conf and add following line:

LoadModule mod_sftp.c

 2nd edit /etc/proftpd/sql.conf and add following line:

Include /etc/proftpd/sftp.conf

3rd create file /etc/proftpd/sftp.conf with following content:

<IfModule mod_sftp.c>
SFTPEngine				on
SFTPLog					/var/log/proftpd/sftp.log
SFTPHostKey				/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
SFTPHostKey				/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
</IfModule>

4th restart proftpd:

service proftpd restart

Now your users are able to login to SFTP using standard FTP Port 21 (and you only need to open that port in your firewall), SSH File Transfer Protocol and will only be able to write to the FTP-Directory (i.e. customers home).

 

Hope this helps someone.

 

Hello Men, one question. This works with the port 21 or 22?

 

regards,

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Hello Men, one question. This works with the port 21 or 22?

 

regards,

 

First post, at the end: 

 

 

Now your users are able to login to SFTP using standard FTP Port 21 (and you only need to open that port in your firewall), SSH File Transfer Protocol and will only be able to write to the FTP-Directory (i.e. customers home).

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Am 12.11.2015 um 18:47 schrieb apollox:

Hi,

thanks for the config, exactly this I was searching for.

But it do not work, I get only a "Protocol error" when I try to connect.

 

Here is the log of the connection attempt:

Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: using '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key' as DSA hostkey
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: using '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key' as RSA hostkey
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: error using DisplayLogin 'welcome.msg': No such file or directory
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: received client version 'SSH-2.0-WinSCP_release_5.7.6'
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: handling connection from SSH2 client 'WinSCP_release_5.7.6'
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session key exchange: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session server hostkey: ssh-rsa
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session client-to-server encryption: aes256-ctr
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session server-to-client encryption: aes256-ctr
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session client-to-server MAC: hmac-sha1
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session server-to-client MAC: hmac-sha1
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session client-to-server compression: none
Nov 12 18:36:33 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]:  + Session server-to-client compression: none
Nov 12 18:36:36 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: authentication request for user 'apollox' blocked by 'USER' handler
Nov 12 18:36:36 mod_sftp/0.9.8[28999]: disconnecting (Protocol error)

EDIT:

Problem solved

How did you solve it? Having the same issue not being able to login via SFTP. Having the same error:
 

 authentication request for user 'xxx' blocked by 'USER' handler

 

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