This is 60 seconds.Īnd uncomment DefaultRoot so users are ‘jailed’ to their home directories, they will still be able to access files on the USB HDD because of the ‘binded’ folder we created. Now edit the proFTPd configuration file: sudo nano /etc/proftpd/nfĬhange the TimeoutIdle value to 60. Install proFTPd: sudo apt install proftpd Now change the ownership of this folder to the ‘ftp-user’ user: sudo chown ftp-user:ftp-user /home/ftp-user/usb-hdd-storage Edit the ‘fstab’ file so this bind is permanent: sudo nano /etc/fstabĪdd this line to the bottom of the file, it should be below the line which was added in the previous step: /usb-hdd-storage /home/ftp-user/usb-hdd-storage none bind 0 0 Perform a bind to where the USB HDD is mounted. Note: If you need to unmount the drive, run: sudo umount /usb-hdd-storageĬreate a folder in the ‘ftp-user’ home directory, this will be used in the next step to ‘bind’ to the folder we created in /root/usb-hdd-storage: sudo mkdir /home/ftp-user/usb-hdd-storage To make the USB HDD mount permanently, edit the ‘fstab’ file: sudo nano /etc/fstabĪdd this line to the bottom of the file: /dev/sdaX /usb-hdd-storage ntfs defaults 0 0

You’ll also have to set permissions to ensure the drive can be accessed properly: sudo chmod 775 /usb-hdd-storage This can be found from the ‘blkid’ command. You may need to replace X with your drive ID. Now we know where our drive is, we need to mount it to the /usb-hdd-storage folder we created previously: sudo mount /dev/sdaX /usb-hdd-storage This should output the USB HDD’s label, keep a note of this.Ĭheck the boot name of the USB HDD’s partition: sudo fdisk -l Firstly check to see the partitions available on the USB HDD drive: sudo blkid Mount the USB HDD to this folder, this assumes your USB HDD is formatted as NTFS. This is where the USB HDD will be permanently mounted. The default Raspberry Pi pi user should be okay.Ĭreate a new user, used only for FTP connections: sudo adduser ftp-userĬreate a folder in /root.

Login to SSH with root or a user which has sudo permissions. Note: FTP is not a secure protocol, I would recommend using SFTP for production environments. The instructions should work correctly in Debian and Raspbian too – in fact, you will probably have luck using these instructions on any Linux operating system, Raspberry Pi or not. For this setup, i’m using Ubuntu 16.04 running on a Raspberry Pi 3.

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