Category Archives: FTP

Speeding up ProFTPD logins

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One year ago I have switched from PureFTPd to ProFTPD because it runs smoother on the virtual server I am running. The server is really easy to setup and maintain, but with the standard configuration it always takes around 5 to 10 seconds to log on to the server. After searching for a solution to these slow logins, it turns out that there is even a point in the FAQ on how to speed up the login process.

Just edit the file /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf and add these 2 lines:

UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off

Lesson learned: I should read manuals more often.

Setting up PureFTPD on a virtual server

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PureFTPD Logo PureFTPD is a secure and easy to configure FTP server. It has all the features you usually need, like TLS encryption, virtual users, quotas and limits. The only downside is that PureFTPD is not easy to install on a virtual server because the default Debian package is compiled with some options that are not supported by the standard OpenVZ and Virtuozzo kernels. Therefore you need to recompile PureFTPD with some reasonable settings. In This post I will explain how to do that and do a basic service setup.

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