FTP SERVER
RPi
Disable auto login
- Go to the main menu.
- Open the Raspberry Pi Configuration tool, under Preferences.
- In the first tab, click “Disabled” beside “Auto Login”:
Enable root
We need another user with privileges to change the default username, and the most natural way to do this is to use root.
You first need to enable it by setting a password :
You need to open a session with pi.
At this step you can use SSH, a terminal on Desktop or just open a session on the Lite version.
Type the command:
- sudo passwd
This will set a password for root, allowing us to log in with it.
Create a new user
Most of the time, the method I use on a fresh installation is this simple one:
Log in with the “pi” user on first boot (automatic).
Configure the basic options with it.
As soon as you are ready, create a new user in command line.
$ sudo adduser <newuser>
Add the sudo privileges to it.
# usermod -aG sudo <newuser>
Reboot.
Login with the new username.
Delete the pi username.
#deluser -r pi
Create FTP folders
#mkdir -p /navigatordatalogger
#mkdir -p /navigatordatalogger/ftpserver
sudo chown nobody:nogroup -R /navigatordatalogger
sudo chmod 777 -R /navigatordatalogger
SETUP FTP SERVER
We’ll start by updating our package list and installing the vsftpd daemon:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vsftpd
When the installation is complete, we’ll copy the configuration file so we can start with a blank configuration, saving the original as a backup.
sudo cp /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf.orig
First, let’s check the firewall status to see if it’s enabled and if so, to see what’s currently permitted so that when it comes time to test the configuration, you won’t run into firewall rules blocking you.
sudo ufw status
sudo ufw allow ftp-data
sudo ufw allow ftp
sudo ufw status
sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf
listen=NO
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
local_root=/navigatordatalogger/ftpsecure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
ssl_enable=NOpasv_min_port=40000
pasv_max_port=50000
sudo systemctl restart vsftpd
sudo systemctl status vsftpd
RUN PROGRAM ON RPi STARTUP
https://www.dexterindustries.com/howto/run-a-program-on-your-raspberry-pi-at-startup/
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
…
sudo python3 /navigatordatalogger/python/directory_watchdog.py & > /navigatordatalogger/logs/python_directory_watchdog_boot_log.txt 2>&1
sudo python3 /navigatordatalogger/python/datalogger_system_check.py & > /navigatordatalogger/logs/python_datalogger_system_check_boot_log.txt 2>&1
sudo reboot
— — — — → Install Python with non root previleges ← — — — — —
https://raspberrytips.com/install-latest-python-raspberry-pi/
