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<h2>ProFTPD module <code>mod_auth</code></h2>
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This module is contained in the <code>mod_auth.c</code> file for
ProFTPD 1.3.x, and is compiled by default.

<h2>Directives</h2>
<ul>
 <li><a href="#AccessDenyMsg">AccessDenyMsg</a>
 <li><a href="#AccessGrantMsg">AccessGrantMsg</a>
 <li><a href="#AllowChrootSymlinks">AllowChrootSymlinks</a>
 <li><a href="#AllowEmptyPasswords">AllowEmptyPasswords</a>
 <li><a href="#AnonAllowRobots">AnonAllowRobots</a>
 <li><a href="#AnonRejectPasswords">AnonRejectPasswords</a>
 <li><a href="#AnonRequirePassword">AnonRequirePassword</a>
 <li><a href="#AuthAliasOnly">AuthAliasOnly</a>
 <li><a href="#AuthUsingAlias">AuthUsingAlias</a>
 <li><a href="#CreateHome">CreateHome</a>
 <li><a href="#DefaultChdir">DefaultChdir</a>
 <li><a href="#DefaultRoot">DefaultRoot</a>
 <li><a href="#DisplayLogin">DisplayLogin</a>
 <li><a href="#MaxClients">MaxClients</a>
 <li><a href="#MaxClientsPerClass">MaxClientsPerClass</a>
 <li><a href="#MaxClientsPerHost">MaxClientsPerHost</a>
 <li><a href="#MaxClientsPerUser">MaxClientsPerUser</a>
 <li><a href="#MaxConnectionsPerHost">MaxConnectionsPerHost</a>
 <li><a href="#MaxHostsPerUser">MaxHostsPerUser</a>
 <li><a href="#MaxLoginAttempts">MaxLoginAttempts</a>
 <li><a href="#MaxPasswordSize">MaxPasswordSize</a>
 <li><a href="#RequireValidShell">RequireValidShell</a>
 <li><a href="#RewriteHome">RewriteHome</a>
 <li><a href="#RootLogin">RootLogin</a>
 <li><a href="#RootRevoke">RootRevoke</a>
 <li><a href="#TimeoutLogin">TimeoutLogin</a>
 <li><a href="#TimeoutSession">TimeoutSession</a>
 <li><a href="#UseFtpUsers">UseFtpUsers</a>
 <li><a href="#UseLastlog">UseLastlog</a>
 <li><a href="#UserAlias">UserAlias</a>
 <li><a href="#UserPassword">UserPassword</a>
 <li><a href="#WtmpLog">WtmpLog</a>
</ul>

<hr>
<h3><a name="AccessDenyMsg">AccessDenyMsg</a></h3>
Syntax: AccessDenyMsg message 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.2 and later

When an FTP client attempts to authenticate and fails, the client is sent the
following FTP response:
<pre>
 530 Login failed
</pre>
This "Login failed" response message can be replaced/customized by using this
<code>AccessDenyMsg</code> directive. In the configured message
text, the <code>%u</code> variable will be resolved to the user name used by
the FTP client in its authentication attempt.

Example:
<pre>
 AccessDenyMsg "%u is not authorized"
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="AccessGrantMsg">AccessGrantMsg</a></h3>
Syntax: AccessGrantMsg message 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.2 and later

When an FTP client succeeds in authenticating, it will receive an FTP response
with the 230 response code, and a message. This successful authentication
response message can be replaced/customized by using this
<code>AccessGrantMsg</code> directive. In the configured message
text, the <code>%u</code> variable will be resolved to the user name used by
the FTP client in its authentication attempt.

Example:
<pre>
 AccessGrantMsg "Welcome, %u!"
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="AllowChrootSymlinks">AllowChrootSymlinks</a></h3>
Syntax: AllowChrootSymlinks on|off 
Default: AllowChrootSymlinks on 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.3.5rc1 and later

The <code>AllowChrootSymlinks</code> directive configures whether
<code>proftpd</code> will follow a symlink to the destination directory
when performing a <code>chroot(2)</code> call. This applies both to
<a href="#DefaultRoot"><code>DefaultRoot</code></a> directives and to
<code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> sections.

Security note: If you permit your users the ability to remove
directories which might be FTP users' home directories (or
<code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> directories) and create symlinks, then you
should use:
<pre>
 AllowChrootSymlinks off
</pre>
This includes sites which are hosting providers, i.e. which allow
users to run their untrusted webapps (e.g. PHP, Perl, Ruby, Python,
etc apps) on the servers.

<hr>
<h3><a name="AllowEmptyPasswords">AllowEmptyPasswords</a></h3>
Syntax: AllowEmptyPasswords on|off 
Default: AllowEmptyPasswords on 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.3.6rc2 and later

The <code>AllowEmptyPasswords</code> directive configures whether
<code>proftpd</code> will accept empty passwords or not. For backward
compatibility, the default is on.

Note that this applies to <code>mod_sftp</code> password-based logins
as well.

<hr>
<h3><a name="AnonAllowRobots">AnonAllowRobots</a></h3>
Syntax: AnonAllowRobots on|off 
Default: AnonAllowRobots off 
Context: <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.3.6rc2 and later

The <code>AnonAllowRobots</code> directive configures whether the
<code>mod_auth</code> should provide a fake
<a href="http://www.robotstxt.org/">"robots.txt"</a> file to web
crawlers/spiders.

Normally such web crawlers/spiders make HTTP requests only. However,
<a href="https://developers.google.com/webmasters/control-crawl-index/docs/robots_txt#file-location--range-of-validity">Google</a> is known to crawl
FTP sites, using anonymous logins only.

To prevent such web crawlers from indexing your FTP site unexpectedly,
the <code>mod_auth</code> module will automatically provide a fake "robots.txt"
file for anonymous logins, containing:
<pre>
 User-agent: *
 Disallow: /
</pre>

If your FTP site deliberately provides its own separate "robots.txt"
file already, then <code>mod_auth</code> will serve that existing file as
expected. Alternatively, you can disable this behavior using:
<pre>
 # Restore previous behavior
 AnonAllowRobots on
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="AnonRejectPasswords">AnonRejectPasswords</a></h3>
Syntax: AnonRejectPasswords pattern [flags] 
Default: None 
Context: <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.9rc1 and later

The <code>AnonRejectPasswords</code> directive configures a regular expression
pattern filter for passwords given for anonymous logins. If the
given anonymous password matches the configured regular expression
pattern, the anonymous login is denied.

Example:
<pre>
 # Reject all &lt;Anonymous&gt; logins that use "evil.org" as part of the password
 AnonRejectPasswords @evil\.org$
</pre>

The optional flags parameter can be used to specify flags for the
given regular expression; currently the supported flags are:
<ul>
 <li><code>[NC|nocase]</code>
</ul>
Thus for a case-insensitive pattern, you would use:
<pre>
 # Reject all &lt;Anonymous&gt; logins that use "evil.org" as part of the password
 AnonRejectPasswords @evil\.org$ [NC]
</pre>
or:
<pre>
 # Reject all &lt;Anonymous&gt; logins that use "evil.org" as part of the password
 AnonRejectPasswords @evil\.org$ [nocase]
</pre>

If you want to reject any anonymous passwords which do not match the
pattern, then prefix your pattern with the <code>!</code> (exclamation point)
character:
<pre>
 # Reject all &lt;Anonymous&gt; logins that do NOT use "good.org" as part of the password
 AnonRejectPasswords !@good\.org$ [nocase]
</pre>
Note that this also allows you to use <code>AnonRejectPasswords</code>
to require that your anonymous logins use email-like passwords:
<pre>
 # Require anonymous passwords that look like email addresses. See:
 # <a href="http://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html">http://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html</a>
 AnonRejectPasswords !^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$ [NC]
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="AnonRequirePassword">AnonRequirePassword</a></h3>
Syntax: AnonRequirePassword off|on 
Default: AnonRequirePassword off 
Context: <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 0.99.0 and later

Normally, anonymous FTP logins do not require the client to authenticate
themselves using real passwords; instead, anonymous FTP logins are
expected to provide their email address as the password. Using
<code>AnonRequirePassword on</code>, however, will require a real
password for that login. The provided password will be matched against the
<code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> user's password.

This functionality, in conjunction with the <code>AuthUsingAlias</code>
directive, can be used to create "guest" accounts, which function exactly as
normal anonymous logins do, but which require a valid password on the
server's host system.

See also: <a href="#AuthUsingAlias"><code>AuthUsingAlias</code></a>, <a href="#UserAlias"><code>UserAlias</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="AuthAliasOnly">AuthAliasOnly</a></h3>
Syntax: AuthAliasOnly off|on 
Default: AuthAliasOnly off 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.1.3 and later

The <code>AuthAliasOnly</code> directive restricts authentication to "aliased"
logins only, i.e. those usernames provided by clients which are "mapped"
to a real username by the <code>UserAlias</code> directive. Using
<code>AuthAliasOnly on</code> in a particular configuration context will
cause ProFTPD to completely ignore all non-aliased logins for the
entire context.

See also: <a href="#AuthUsingAlias"><code>AuthUsingAlias</code></a>, <a href="#UserAlias"><code>UserAlias</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="AuthUsingAlias">AuthUsingAlias</a></h3>
Syntax: AuthUsingAlias off|on 
Default: AuthUsingAlias off 
Context: <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.0pre9 and later

The <code>AuthUsingAlias</code> directive disables the resolving of aliased usernames (via <code>UserAlias</code>) for authentication purposes. For example,
if you have aliased the username "anonymous" to the real user "ftp", the
password gets checked against the user "anonymous". When
<code>AuthUsingAlias</code> is disabled, the checked username would
be "ftp".

Here is an example of an <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> section where only
the aliased usernames are allowed to login:
<pre>
 &lt;Anonymous ~ftp&gt;
 AuthUsingAlias on
 UserAlias anonymous nobody
 UserAlias ftp nobody

# Make this a read-only anonymous login
 &lt;Limit WRITE&gt;
 DenyAll
 &lt;/Limit&gt;
 &lt;/Anonymous&gt;
</pre>
and here, by contrast, is an <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> section where
certain real users are allowed to login using their own passwords (even
though it will still be considered an anonymous login):
<pre>
 &lt;Anonymous ~ftp&gt;
 # Require real passwords for these logins
 AnonRequirePassword on

AuthAliasOnly on
    AuthUsingAlias on

# This is the list of authorized users; password checks will occur
 # using their own respective passwords, not user "nobody".
 UserAlias fred nobody
 UserAlias jenn nobody
 &lt;/Anonymous&gt;
</pre>

See also: <a href="#AnonRequirePassword"><code>AnonRequirePassword</code></a>, <a href="#UserAlias"><code>UserAlias</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="CreateHome">CreateHome</a></h3>
Syntax: CreateHome off|on [mode] [skel path] [dirmode mode] 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.8rc2 and later

The <code>CreateHome</code> directive configures the server to automatically
create a user's home directory, if that directory does not exist, during the
login process.

The mode parameter is used to configure the absolute mode of the home
directory created. If not specified, the mode will default to 700.

The optional skel path parameters can be used to configure an
<code>/etc/skel</code>-like directory containing account initialization files
and directories. The parameter must be the full path to the skeleton directory.
The directory must not be world-writeable. Files copied from this
directory into the new home directory will have ownership set to the UID and
GID of the logging-in user. Note that sockets and FIFOs in the skeleton
directory will not be copied; any setuid or setgid bits on files will be
removed from the copied files in the target home directory.

The optional dirmode parameter can be used to specify the mode for
intermediate directories that may need to be created in order to create the
target home directory. By default, the mode for such intermediate directories
will be 711. Note: using a mode that does not include the execute bit to
be enabled can cause havoc. You have been warned.

Examples:
<pre>
 # Use the CreateHome default settings
 CreateHome on

# Specify a skeleton directory
  CreateHome on skel /etc/ftpd/skel

# No skeleton, but make sure that intermediate directories have 755
  # permissions.
  CreateHome on dirmode 755

# Skeleton directory, with 700 intermediate directories
 CreateHome on skel /etc/ftpd/skel dirmode 700
</pre>

A fuller description of the <code>CreateHome</code> directive and its uses,
with more examples, can be read <a href="../howto/CreateHome.html">here</a>.

<hr>
<h3><a name="DefaultChdir">DefaultChdir</a></h3>
Syntax: DefaultChdir path [group-expression] 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.0rc1

The <code>DefaultChdir</code> directive determines the directory path
into which a user is placed, after logging in.

By default, the user is put into their home directory. The specified
path can be relative to the user's home directory. Note that
if the specified path is not available, then <code>DefaultChdir</code>
will be ignored; the direction in which the user is placed will be determined
by other directives.

Examples:
<pre>
 # Admin users start off in /var/www
 DefaultChdir /var/www admin

# ..and others start off in their respective public FTP folders
 DefaultChdir ~/public_ftp
</pre>

See also: <a href="#DefaultRoot"><code>DefaultRoot</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="DefaultRoot">DefaultRoot</a></h3>
Syntax: DefaultRoot path [group-expression] 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.0rc1

The <code>DefaultRoot</code> directive is used to <code>chroot()</code> the
session process for the connecting client. A fuller explanation can be
found in the <a href="../howto/Chroot.html">Chroot</a> howto.

<hr>
<h3><a name="DisplayLogin">DisplayLogin</a></h3>
Syntax: DisplayLogin path 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 0.99.0

The <code>DisplayLogin</code> directive specifies a file path which
will be displayed to the user when they initially login. The path
can be either relative or absolute. For relative paths, the file is
searched for in the initial directory in which a user is placed immediately
after authentication, e.g. the home directory for normal users, or
the <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> directory for anonymous logins. If the file
cannot be found or accessed, no error occurs and nothing is displayed to the
client.

The <a href="../howto/DisplayFiles.html">DisplayFiles</a> howto covers such
files in greater detail.

<hr>
<h3><a name="MaxClients">MaxClients</a></h3>
Syntax: MaxClients count|"none" [message] 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 0.99.0 and later

The <code>MaxClients</code> directive configures the maximum number of
authenticated clients which may be logged into a server or
<code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> account. Once the count limit is
reached, additional clients attempting to authenticate will be disconnected.
The special count parameter value of "none" may be used,
which disables all other applicable <code>MaxClients</code> directives.

Additionally, an optional message parameter may be used; this message
will be displayed to a client attempting to exceed the maximum value,
immediately before disconnection. The message parameter is parsed for
the variable "%m", which is replaced with the configured maximum value. If
a message is not supplied, then following default message is used:
<pre>
 "Sorry, the maximum number of allowed clients (%m) are already connected."
</pre>

For example, using:
<pre>
 MaxClients 5
</pre>
will result in this FTP response, when the limit is reached:
<pre>
 "530 Sorry, the maximum number of allowed users are already connected (5)"
</pre>

See also: <a href="#MaxClientsPerClass"><code>MaxClientsPerClass</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxClientsPerHost"><code>MaxClientsPerHost</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxClientsPerUser"><code>MaxClientsPerUser</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxHostsPerUser"><code>MaxHostsPerUser</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="MaxClientsPerClass">MaxClientsPerClass</a></h3>
Syntax: MaxClientsPerClass class count|"none" [message] 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.10rc1 and later

The <code>MaxClientsPerClass</code> directive configures the maximum number of
clients that may be connected at any given time from the same
<a href="../howto/Classes.html">Class</a>. The optional message
parameter may be used, which will be displayed to a client attempting to exceed
the count maximum value. If message is not supplied, 
then the following default message is used:
<pre>
 "Sorry, the maximum number of clients (%m) from your class are already connected."
</pre>

For example:
<pre>
 MaxClientsPerClass foo 1 "Only one such client at a time."
</pre>
results in this FTP response, to a client exceeding the limit:
<pre>
 "530 Only one such client at a time."
</pre>

See also: <a href="#MaxClients"><code>MaxClients</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxClientsPerHost"><code>MaxClientsPerHost</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxClientsPerUser"><code>MaxClientsPerUser</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxHostsPerUser"><code>MaxHostsPerUser</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="MaxClientsPerHost">MaxClientsPerHost</a></h3>
Syntax: MaxClientsPerHost count|"none" [message] 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.1.7 and later

The <code>MaxClientsPerHost</code> directive configures the maximum number of
clients allowed to connect from a host. The optional message
parameter may be used, which will be displayed to a client attempting to exceed
the count maximum value. If message is not supplied, this
default message is used:
<pre>
 "Sorry, the maximum number clients (%m) from your host are already connected." is used. 
</pre>

For example:
<pre>
 MaxClientsPerHost 1 "Sorry, you may not connect more than one time."
</pre>
results in this FTP response, to a client exceeding the limit:
<pre>
 "530 Sorry, you may not connect more than one time."
</pre>

See also: <a href="#MaxClients"><code>MaxClients</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxClientsPerClass"><code>MaxClientsPerClass</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxClientsPerUser"><code>MaxClientsPerUser</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxHostsPerUser"><code>MaxHostsPerUser</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="MaxClientsPerUser">MaxClientsPerUser</a></h3>
Syntax: MaxClientsPerUser count|"none" [message] 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.7rc1 and later

The <code>MaxClientsPerUser</code> directive configures the maximum number of
clients that may be connected at any given time using the same user name.
The optional message parameter may be used, which will be displayed to
a client attempting to exceed the count maximum value. If
message is not supplied, the following default message is used:
<pre>
 "Sorry, the maximum number of clients (%m) for this user already connected."
</pre>

For example:
<pre>
 MaxClientsPerUser 1 "Only one such user at a time."
</pre>
results in this FTP response, to a client exceeding the limit:
<pre>
 "530 Only one such user at a time."
</pre>

See also: <a href="#MaxClients"><code>MaxClients</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxClientsPerClass"><code>MaxClientsPerClass</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxClientsPerHost"><code>MaxClientsPerHost</code></a>,
<a href="#MaxHostsPerUser"><code>MaxHostsPerUser</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="MaxConnectionsPerHost">MaxConnectionsPerHost</a></h3>
Syntax: MaxConnectionsPerHost count|"none" [message] 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.11 and later

The <code>MaxConnectionsPerHost</code> directive configures the maximum number
of unauthenticated clients allowed to connect from a given host. The
optional message parameter may be used, to be displayed to a client
attempting to exceed the maximum value. If message is not supplied,
a default message of "Sorry, the maximum number of connections (%m) from your host are already connected." is used.

For example:
<pre>
 MaxConnectionsPerHost 1 "Sorry, you may not connect more than one time."
</pre>
results in additional FTP login attempts from that same host to receive
the following FTP response:
<pre>
 530 Sorry, you may not connect more than one time.
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="MaxHostsPerUser">MaxHostsPerUser</a></h3>
Syntax: MaxHostsPerUser count|"none" [message] 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.4 and later

The <code>MaxHostsPerUser</code> directive configures the maximum number of
times different hosts, using a given login, can connect at any given time.
The optional message parameter may be used, which will be displayed to
a client attempting to exceed the maximum value. If message is
not supplied, the following message is used by default:
<pre>
 "Sorry, the maximum number of hosts (%m) for this user already connected."
</pre>

For example:
<pre>
 MaxHostsPerUser 1 "Sorry, you may not connect more than one time."
</pre>
Will result in the following FTP response, when the count limit is
exceeded:
<pre>
 "530 Sorry, you may not connect more than one time."
</pre>

See also: <a href="#MaxClients"><code>MaxClients</code></a>, <a href="#MaxClientsPerHost"><code>MaxClientsPerHost</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="MaxLoginAttempts">MaxLoginAttempts</a></h3>
Syntax: MaxLoginAttempts count 
Default: 3 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 0.99.0 and later

The <code>MaxLoginAttempts</code> directive configures the maximum number of
times a client may attempt to authenticate to the server on the same TCP
connection. After the number of attempts exceeds the configured
count, the client is disconnected and an appropriate message is
logged.

<hr>
<h3><a name="MaxPasswordSize">MaxPasswordSize</a></h3>
Syntax: MaxPasswordSize length 
Default: 1024 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.3.6rc3 and later

The <code>MaxPasswordSize</code> directive configures the maximum length
(in bytes) of a password that ProFTPD will accept. Passwords longer than
the configured length will be ignored.

This directive is provided as a defensive measure, to protect against CPU
resource consumption attacks by feeding large amounts of data to e.g.
the <code>crypt(3)</code> function.

<hr>
<h3><a name="RequireValidShell">RequireValidShell</a></h3>
Syntax: RequireValidShell on|off 
Default: RequireValidShell on 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 0.99.0 and later

The <code>RequireValidShell</code> directive configures the server, virtual
host or anonymous login to allow or deny logins which do not have a shell
listed in <code>/etc/shells</code>. By default, <code>proftpd</code>
will not allow a login unless the user's default shell is listed in
<code>/etc/shells</code>. If <code>/etc/shells</code> cannot be found, all
default shells are assumed to be valid.

<hr>
<h3><a name="RewriteHome">RewriteHome</a></h3>
Syntax: RewriteHome on|off 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.3.3rc1 and later

The <code>RewriteHome</code> directive can be used to support rewriting the
home directory for a user, based on regular expression rules. One such use
case is where some portion of the home directory is retrieved e.g.
from an LDAP directory, but you need to apply some custom prefix to the LDAP
attribute. Note that this feature requires that the
<code>mod_rewrite</code> module also be present in your <code>proftpd</code>
daemon.

To enable this feature, first you need to add the following to your
<code>proftpd.conf</code>:
<pre>
 RewriteHome on
</pre>
Next, you need to configure the mod_rewrite rules for rewriting your home
directory; this feature depends on the <code>mod_rewrite</code> module for the
rewriting. The pseudo-command used by <code>mod_rewrite</code> for rewriting
home directories is "REWRITE_HOME". Thus would you use:
<pre>
 &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
 RewriteEngine on
 RewrlteLog /path/to/rewrite.log

RewriteCondition %m REWRITE_HOME
 RewriteRule (.*) /my/new/prefix$1
 &lt;/IfModule&gt;
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="RootLogin">RootLogin</a></h3>
Syntax: RootLogin on|off 
Default: RootLogin off 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.1.5 and later

Normally, <code>proftpd</code> does not allow root logins under any
circumstance. If a client attempts to login as root, using the correct
password, a special security message is logged:
<pre>
 SECURITY VIOLATION: root login attempted. 
</pre>

When <code>RootLogin on</code> is used, the root user may authenticate just as
any other user could (assuming no other access control measures deny
access); however the root login security message is still logged:
<pre>
 ROOT FTP login successful.
</pre>
Obviously, extreme care should be taken when using this directive.

The use of <code>RootLogin</code> in the <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code>
context is only valid when the <code>User</code>/<code>Group</code> defined
in the <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> section is set to 'root'.

<hr>
<h3><a name="RootRevoke">RootRevoke</a></h3>
Syntax: RootRevoke on|off|UseNonCompliantActiveTransfers 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.9rc1 and later

The <code>RootRevoke</code> directive causes all root privileges to be dropped
once a user is authenticated. This will also cause active data transfers
(e.g. via the <code>PORT</code>/<code>EPRT</code> FTP commands) to be
disabled if the server is listening on a port less than 1024. Note that
this only affects active data transfers; passive transfers will not be
blocked.

The reason for rejecting active data transfers in these cases is because of
a requirement in RFC 959 (which defines the File Transfer Protocol) that for
active data transfers, the data connection must have a source port of
L-1, where L is the control connection port (see RFC 959, Section 3.2 "Establishing Data Connections"). Thus if the FTP server listens on
port 21, then a client requesting an active data transfer from that server
will have a data connection whose source port (on the server) is port 20
(L = 21, L-1 = 20).

Even though passive data transfers are highly preferable, many FTP clients
may still require/expect to be able to do an active data transfer. One
question, though, is how many FTP clients actually check that the
source port of the active data transfer connection is actually L-1.
Or how many networking appliances along the way (i.e. firewalls, NATs,
routers, etc) enforce this restriction as well.

If not for that requirement, then with "RootRevoke on" in the
<code>proftpd.conf</code>, <code>proftpd</code> would not be required
to use root privileges for binding to a privileged port like port 20.

Thus the <code>RootRevoke</code> directive also accepts (as of <code>proftpd-1.3.5rc1</code>) a parameter of "UseNonCompliantActiveTransfers", e.g.:
<pre>
 # Drop root privs, but allow active data tranfers (only use a non-standard
 # source port for the active data connection).
 RootRevoke UseNonCompliantActiveTranfers
</pre>
With this configuration, <code>proftpd</code> will drop root privileges,
but would not reject <code>PORT</code>/<code>EPRT</code>
commands at all. Instead, the active data transfers would be allowed as per
normal, except that <code>proftpd</code> would not try to bind to the
L-1 port for those active transfers.

This <code>RootRevoke</code> parameter is valuable because it helps in
getting <code>proftpd</code> to drop root privileges for sessions more often,
which is a far more secure configuration. Exploits such as the
"Roaring Beast" attack would not be possible in a session where root privileges
have been dropped completely.

<hr>
<h3><a name="TimeoutLogin">TimeoutLogin</a></h3>
Syntax: TimeoutLogin seconds 
Default: 300 seconds 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 0.99.0 and later

The <code>TimeoutLogin</code> directive configures the maximum number of
seconds a client is allowed to spend authenticating, i.e.
from the time when the client connects to the time when the client has
successfully authenticated. The login timer is not reset when a client
transmits data, and is only removed once a client has transmitted an
acceptable combination of <code>USER</code>/<code>PASS</code> commands.
The maximum allowed seconds value is 65535 (108 minutes).

See also: <a href="mod_core.html#TimeoutIdle"><code>TimeoutIdle</code></a>,
<a href="mod_xfer.html#TimeoutNoTransfer"><code>TimeoutNoTransfer</code></a>,
<a href="mod_xfer.html#TimeoutStalled"><code>TimeoutStalled</code></a>

<hr>
<h3><a name="TimeoutSession">TimeoutSession</a></h3>
Syntax: TimeoutSessions seconds 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.2.6rc1 and later

The <code>TimeoutSession</code> directive sets the maximum number of
seconds a control connection between the proftpd server and client
can exist, after the client has successfully authenticated. If the
seconds argument is set to zero, sessions are allowed to last
indefinitely; this is the default. There is no maxium value for the
seconds parameter.

<hr>
<h3><a name="UseFtpUsers">UseFtpUsers</a></h3>
Syntax: UseFtpUsers on|off 
Default: UseFtpUsers on 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 0.99.0 and later

Legacy FTP servers generally check a special authorization file (typically
<code>/etc/ftpusers</code>) when a client attempts to authenticate.
If the user's name is found in this file, FTP access is
denied. For compatibility of behavior, <code>proftpd</code> defaults to
checking this same file during authentication. This behavior can be suppressed
using the <code>UseFtpUsers</code> directive, e.g.:
<pre>
 # Do not check /etc/ftpusers
 UseFtpUsers off
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="UseLastlog">UseLastlog</a></h3>
Syntax: UseLastlog on|off 
Default: UseLastlog off 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.3.1 and later

The <code>UseLastlog</code> directive configures whether ProFTPD will update
the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lastlog"><code>/var/log/lastlog</code></a> file for FTP logins.

Example:
<pre>
 # Enable recording FTP logins in /var/log/lastlog
 UseLastlog on
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="UserAlias">UserAlias</a></h3>
Syntax: UserAlias alias real-user 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 0.99.0 and later

ProFTPD requires a real username (i.e. known via
<code>/etc/passwd</code>, <code>AuthUserFile</code>, LDAP, SQL, RADIUS,
etc) when authenticating a client. There are, however, times
when an additional alias is required but is undesirable to
provide an additional login accounts.

The <code>UserAlias</code> directive provides a mechanism to do just this.
A typical and common example of <code>UserAlias</code> is for
<code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> configuration sections. It is conventional for
the server to use user "ftp" as the primary authentication user; it is common
practice to allow users to login using the name "anonymous". This is achieved
by using the following in the config file:
<pre>
 &lt;Anonymous ~ftp&gt;
 ...
 UserAlias anonymous ftp
 ...
 &lt;/Anonymous&gt;
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="UserPassword">UserPassword</a></h3>
Syntax: UserPassword user encrypted-password 
Default: None 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 0.99.0pl5 and later

The <code>UserPassword</code> directive creates a password for a particular
user; this configured password will override the user's normal
password in <code>/etc/passwd</code> (or whichever auth module handles that
user). Note that the user configured is a real user, and
not a <code>UserAlias</code>.

The encrypted-password parameter is a string which has been passed
through the standard Unix <code>crypt(3)</code> function. Do not use a
cleartext password. To obtain this encrypted-password value,
you can use the <a href="../utils/ftpasswd.html"><code>ftpasswd</code></a>
script's <code>--hash</code> option, e.g.:
<pre>
 $ ftpasswd --hash

Password: 
  Re-type password:

ftpasswd: $1$EsnXxyD6$tsO2YwTAT/Tl5u1NYPHIw1
</pre>

Example configuration:
<pre>
 # Override user bob's password with a hash version of "password"
 UserPassword bob $1$EsnXxyD6$tsO2YwTAT/Tl5u1NYPHIw1
</pre>

<hr>
<h3><a name="WtmpLog">WtmpLog</a></h3>
Syntax: WtmpLog on|off 
Default: WtmpLog on 
Context: server config, <code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Global&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;Anonymous&gt;</code> 
Module: mod_auth 
Compatibility: 1.1.7 and later

The <code>WtmpLog</code> directive controls the logging of connections to the
host system <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utmp"><code>wtmp</code></a>
file, which used by such commands as <code>last</code>. By default, all
connections are logged via <code>wtmp</code>.

<hr>
<h2><a name="Installation">Installation</a></h2>
The <code>mod_auth</code> module is compiled by default.

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