ReadyNAS Duo v2 services

Hi All,

Not sure if this has been covered before but ..... if you want to enable ftp on the ReadyNAS Duo v2 then ....

Use EnableRootSSH to good effect!

Login as root, and cd to /etc/default
edit the services file (vi services)
Change the line "PROFTPD=0" to "PROFTPD=1"
Save the change

reboot

When the ReadyNAS reboots the proftpd daemon will start automagically. You cannot use either the root or admin logins for ftp services. You need to create a new user and home directory as follows.

useradd ftpuser
passwd ftpuser (Make it a secure one!)
mkdir /home/ftpuser
chown /home/ftpuser

Now you can login via ftp as the user ftpuser.

Have fun!

Ripface.

Personally I wouldn't add users that way. I'd add them via the Dashboard and setup the FTP shares for them as is done on the other ReadyNAS models. Especially considering FTP is planned to be added as a feature.

Hi mdmg,

Thanks for the feedback. Always an option using the Dashboard. I guess if the option to switch on FTP had been put there you wouldn't need to login via ssh as root at all. Does anyone have any idea *why* they switched it off by default and then prevent normal "noob" users from activating it? Seems a weird thing to do!!

Cheers,
Ripface.

What I'm saying is that I'd enable FTP via SSH, but I'd create the users via the Dashboard then edit the proftpd config under /etc/frontview/proftpd

FTP is planned for 5.3.4. So another alternative would be to wait for that. There has been a fair bit of demand for FTP.