How to use vsftpd with wirtual users without LinuxPAM ?

[Vincent Bolinard]

2007/3/23, Kyrre Nygård <kyrreny at broadpark.no>:
> At 22:08 21.03.2007, Derek Ragona wrote:
> >For so few users, you can use regular accounts with the shell set to:
> >/usr/bin/false
> >
> >         -Derek
> >
> >
> >At 11:47 AM 3/21/2007, Vincent Bolinard wrote:
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I'd like to know how can I set up virtual users without pam_userdb.so
> >>(which is not included in OpenPAM).
> >>
> >>vsftpd needs pam_userdb.so to authenticate against the db Berkeley database.
> >>What else can I use ?
> >>
> >>I don't want to use MySQL because there won't be a lot of virtual
> >>users (< 50).
> >>
> >>Thank you for your help.
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> You can use htpasswd instead: htpasswd vsftpd.db <username>
>
> Then back up your /etc/pam.d/ftpd (maybe ftp as well) and replace its
> content with:
>
> auth required /usr/local/lib/pam_pwdfile.so pwdfile /usr/local/etc/vsftpd.db
> account required /usr/lib/pam_permit.so
>
> I hope it works.
>
> Kyrre
>
>

I followed Kyrre's advice and use pam_pwdfile and htpasswd to generate
the (encrypted) password file.

Thanks for your answers !