Deny directory listing on vsftpd anonymous upload

[Nigel Wade]

Nikkilä Tommi wrote:
> If you mean the dirlist_enable option that is a definite no-no, since
> it prohibits the directory listing from everybody and I need the
> other users to be able to see the contents of their respective
> directories. Also the deny_file and hide_file options are out unless
> they could somehow be tweaked to rule out [directory]/* and only to
> be effective on the anonymous user. I guess a anon_hide_file option
> would be a needed addition...

You can specify per-user settings with vsftpd. In the config file you 
can define a directory to hold the per-user config files 
(user_config_dir). In that directory you create a file for each user 
who's configuration needs to differ from the default. You only need to 
put the non-default settings in to the file.

Create a file in your user_config_dir called ftp (ftp is the anonymous 
user) with the line:
dirlist_enable=no

That should give a "550 Permission denied" message if the anonymous user 
attempts a directory listing.

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