Setting FTP port to something else

[mealto]

How does one change the FTP port to something else to try and increase security? Where abouts is that setting? Also, which ports # can we change it to?

[daveformerlyof]

If you are using pure-ftpd, you need to edit /etc/pure-ftpd.conf and change the port below to something other than 21.

# IP address/port to listen to (default=all IP and port 21).

# Bind                      127.0.0.1,21

If you are using protftpd, you need to edit/etc/proftpd.conf and change the port below to something other than 21:

Port                            21

After making the change, you need to restart the FTP server to make the change live:

/scripts/restartsrv_ftpserver

You can change to any open port on the system. To see what ports are currently in use use the following command:

netstat -an

[daveformerlyof]

As a follow up. You should use FTP w/ TLS/SSL if you are worried about security. Make sure a SSL certificate is installed under Service Configuration >> Manage Service SSL Certificates in WebHost Manager. Installing this certificate will add the appropriate configuration file changes however, your users will have to choose FTP with SSL/TLS when connecting from their FTP client.

[djblamire]

Is it possible to add an additional port for FTP ?

Thanks

[daveformerlyof]

Is it possible to add an additional port for FTP ?

Thanks

With proftpd, you will need to add the following directive to any virtualhost in /etc/protftpd.conf that you wish to listen on the second port (it will always listen on the main port as well):

Port <portnumber>

where <portnumber> is the secondary port number, i.e.

Port 478

With pure-ftp, there is a patch that allows you to listen on multiple ports but since it's not part of the pure-ftp distribution, we consider it not supported. You can find more information at:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index...17&atid=318317