Title: WP ProFTPd
Author: derricksmith01
Published: May 1, 2011
Last modified: October 5, 2020
---
Search plugins
This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.
# WP ProFTPd
By [derricksmith01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/derricksmith01/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-proftpd.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-proftpd/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-proftpd/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-proftpd/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-proftpd/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-proftpd/)
## Description
WP ProFTPd helps Authenticate ProFTPd users to FTP, SFTP, FTPS sites using the WordPress
database. This plugin creates stored procedures in the WordPress database that can
be used to query users, groups and user account information. A dashboard shows all
ProFTP logging information inside the WordPress Administration Portal.
### Features
* Uses the WordPress database for ProFTPd authentication
* Creates WordPress user meta to store information about access rights
* Uses stored procedures to securely access the WordPress database
* Creates a dashboard to show valuable authentication and FTP operations information
* Supports FTP, SFTP, FTPS
### Requirements
* PHP >= 5.5.0
* WordPress >= 4.4
* ProFTPd
* WP Password Bcrypt
## Installation
### WP Password Bcrypt WordPress Plugin Prerequisite
1. Download latest Bcyrpt plugin at https://github.com/roots/wp-password-bcrypt/wp-
password-bcrypt.php.
2. Save wp-password-bcrypt.php to /wp-content/mu-plugins – Create mu-plugins folder
if it does not exist.
### WP ProFTPd WordPress Plugin
1. Download the plugin and upload to you WordPress site.
2. Install the plugin.
3. Configure a user for FTP access on the user profile page.
4. * Enabled = True
* UID = 2001
* GID = 2001
* Home Directory = /srv/ftp/{username}
* Shell = /sbin/nologin
### ProFTPd
(Ubuntu Installation)
1. cd /opt 2. sudo apt-get -y install build-essential gettext
make g++ libwrap0-dev libsasl2-dev python-dev libmysql++-dev libpam0g-dev libssl-
dev unixodbc-dev libncurses5-dev libacl1-dev libcap-dev 3. sudo wget ftp://ftp.proftpd.
org/distrib/source/proftpd-1.3.7a.tar.gz 4. sudo tar -xvf proftpd-1.3.7a.tar.gz
5. cd proftpd-1.3.7a 6. sudo ./configure –prefix=/usr –with-includes=/usr/include/
mysql –mandir=/usr/share/man –sysconfdir=/etc/proftpd –localstatedir=/var/run –libexecdir
=/usr/lib/proftpd –enable-sendfile –enable-facl –enable-dso –enable-autoshadow –
enable-ctrls –with-modules=mod_readme:mod_sql:mod_sql_passwd:mod_exec –enable-ipv6–
enable-nls –build x86_64-linux-gnu –with-shared=mod_unique_id:mod_site_misc:mod_load:
mod_ban:mod_quotatab:mod_sql:mod_sql_mysql:mod_dynmasq:mod_quotatab_sql:mod_ratio:
mod_tls:mod_rewrite:mod_radius:mod_wrap:mod_wrap2:mod_wrap2_file:mod_wrap2_sql:mod_quotatab_file:
mod_quotatab_radius:mod_facl:mod_ctrls_admin:mod_sftp:mod_sftp_pam:mod_sftp_sql:
mod_shaper:mod_sql_passwd:mod_ifsession build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-O2
7. sudo make install 8. sudo groupadd -g 46 proftpd 9. sudo useradd -c proftpd -
d /srv/ftp -g proftpd -s /usr/bin/proftpdshell -u 46 proftpd 10. sudo install -v-
d -m775 -o proftpd -g proftpd /srv/ftp 11. sudo ln -v -s /bin/false /usr/bin/proftpdshell
12. sudo mkdir -p /etc/proftpd/ssl 13. sudo mkdir -p /var/log/proftpd 14. Create
file ‘proftpd’ using your favorite editor, copy script below
```
#!/bin/sh
# ProFTPD files
FTPD_BIN=/usr/sbin/proftpd
FTPD_CONF=/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
PIDFILE=/var/run/proftpd.pid
# If PIDFILE exists, does it point to a proftpd process?
if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
pid=`cat $PIDFILE`
fi
if [ ! -x $FTPD_BIN ]; then
echo "$0: $FTPD_BIN: cannot execute"
exit 1
fi
case $1 in
start)
if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
echo "$0: proftpd [PID $pid] already running"
exit
fi
if [ -r $FTPD_CONF ]; then
echo "Starting proftpd..."
$FTPD_BIN -c $FTPD_CONF
else
echo "$0: cannot start proftpd -- $FTPD_CONF missing"
fi
;;
stop)
if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
echo "Stopping proftpd..."
kill -TERM $pid
else
echo "$0: proftpd not running"
exit 1
fi
;;
restart)
if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
echo "Rehashing proftpd configuration"
kill -TERM $pid
else
echo "$0: proftpd not running"
xit 1
fi
;;
*)
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
```
1. Edit file ‘/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf’ using your favorite editor (FTP Type can
be “ftp”,”ftps”,”sftp” depending on the virtualhost configuration)
2. ```
SQLBackend mysql
SQLAuthTypes bcrypt
SQLPasswordEngine on
SQLPasswordEncoding base64
SQLPasswordRounds 8
SQLEngine on
AuthOrder mod_sql.c
SQLConnectInfo {wordpress database name}@localhost {wordpress database user} "{wordpress database password}"
SQLAuthenticate users
SQLGroupInfo wp_proftpd_groups groupname gid members
SQLUserInfo custom:/get-user-by-name
# set min UID and GID - otherwise these are 999 each
SQLMinID 500
# Update count every time user logs in
SQLLog PASS updatecount
SQLNamedQuery updatecount FREEFORM "CALL wp_proftpd_update_count('%U')"
SqlLogFile /var/log/proftpd/sql.log
SQLLog PASS,DELE,MKD,RETR,RMD,RNFR,RNTO,STOR,APPE extendedlog
SQLNamedQuery extendedlog FREEFORM "CALL wp_proftpd_insert_log('%a', '%U', '%r')"
SQLNamedQuery get-user-by-name FREEFORM "CALL wp_proftpd_get_ftp_user_by_username('%U','{ftp_type}')"
```
3. sudo mv proftpd /etc/init.d/proftpd
4. sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/proftpd
5. sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/proftpd /etc/init.d/proftpd_start
6. sudo mv /etc/init.d/proftpd_start /etc/rc5.d
7. sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd start OR sudo service proftpd start
#### Log File Locations
1. Proftpd Service = /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log
2. Proftpd SQL = /var/log/proftpd/sql.log
3. Proftpd Transfer = /var/log/proftpd/xfer.log
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“WP ProFTPd” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.
Contributors
* [ derricksmith01 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/derricksmith01/)
[Translate “WP ProFTPd” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-proftpd)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-proftpd/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-proftpd/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-proftpd/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-proftpd/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Meta
* Version **1.0.0**
* Last updated **6 years ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher **
* Tested up to **5.1.22**
* Tags
* [authentication](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/authentication/)[ftp](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ftp/)
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-proftpd/advanced/)
## Ratings
No reviews have been submitted yet.
[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-proftpd/reviews/#new-post)
[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-proftpd/reviews/)
## Contributors
* [ derricksmith01 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/derricksmith01/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-proftpd/)
## Donate
Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?
[ Donate to this plugin ](https://derrick-smith.com)