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# Cuftpd

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Summary
This article discusses the installation and configuration of the cuftpd FTP daemon on Arch Linux systems.
Related
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This article describes the installation of the cuftpd FTP daemon on Arch Linux.

cuftpd is an ftp-server written in Java

## Installation

### Preparation

Install the requirements from the Official Repositories:

    $ pacman -S xinetd zip unzip openssl inetutils mercurial

Install from Java JDK, JRE and Maven2 from Arch User Repository:

- JDK https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51906
- JRE https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51908
- Maven2 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44684

Add a user for cuftpd

    useradd cuftpd

Change to the new user

    su cuftpd

Make necessary directories

    mkdir src ftpd

### Building

Enter src and download sources by following commnads

    cd src

    hg clone https://bitbucket.org/jevring/cunet
    hg clone https://bitbucket.org/jevring/cuftp
    hg clone https://bitbucket.org/jevring/cuftpd
    hg clone https://bitbucket.org/jevring/cunet
    hg clone https://bitbucket.org/jevring/cutools

Build all sources Build all dependencies in the following order using the following commands.

1. cutools
2. cunet
3. cuftp
4. cuftpd
5. OPTIONAL: cubnc (recommended, you wouldnt be here if you didnt want multisite, so compile it!)

Or you can use

    cd cutools && mvn clean install && cd ../cunet && mvn clean install && cd ../cuftp && mvn clean install && cd ../cuftpd && mvn clean install && cd ..

#### Copying

Copy files from target subdirectory

    cp -r cuftpd/data ~/ftpd/
    cp cuftpd/target/*.jar ~/ftpd/lib/

Make directories

    mkdir ~/ftpd/data/logs
    mkdir ~/ftpd/site

### Preparing userdb

Edit cuftpd.xml and select local user database Example

    <user>
     <authentication>
      <type>1</type>......

### Generation keystore

Create a self-signed server and a self-signed client key each in its own keystore. When you promt for password enter "client". When you choose another password dont forget enter it into cuftpd.xml

    cd ~/ftpd/data
    keytool -genkey -v -keyalg RSA -keystore server.keystore -dname "CN=Server, OU=Bar, O=Foo, L=Some, ST=Where, C=UN"
    keytool -genkey -v -keyalg RSA -keystore client.keystore -dname "CN=Client, OU=Bar, O=Foo, L=Some, ST=Where, C=UN"

### Start server

Run server as standalone for debugging

    cd ~/ftpd && java -jar lib/cuftpd-1.5-SNAPSHOT.jar

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