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Setup a File Only Upload FTP Server with vsftpd

Nov 12

wingloonLinux No Comments

This post describes how to setup a FTP server using vsftpd 2.0.5 in CentOS with the ability to allow anonymous users to upload files and don’t have the ability to create directory. You can use this FTP server as a public dropbox to share files. If users would like to upload directory, you can suggest them to zip the directory and they can upload them as a file.

Pre-requisite Check
Run the command below to query for vsftpd rpm: -

rpm -qa vsftpd

If vsftpd is not installed, you can use yum to install it using the command below: -

yum install vsftpd

Initial Configuration
The configuration directory of vsftpd is located in /etc/vsftpd path. It is advisable to backup the good known configuration files for easier quick restoration. Run the command below: -

cp /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf.original

Enable Anonymous User
Change the following parameter below in your /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file to enable anonymous users access: -

anonymous_enable=YES

Change the following parameter below in your /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file to enable anonymous users to have upload and download access: -

write_enable=YES
anon_upload_enable=YES
anon_umask=022

Create An Upload Directory
You need to create a special upload directory using the command below: -

mkdir /var/ftp/pub/incoming
chown ftp:ftp /var/ftp/pub/incoming

Restart vsftpd Service
You need to restart vsftpd to take effect using the command below: -

service vsftpd restart

You may now use FileZilla to connect to this file only sharing FTP server.

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I Ate Kassa Corner Nasi Goreng Belacan Thai

Oct 12

wingloonFood 4 Comments

Its been a long time I haven’t blog about food in my blog here after the my last food blog post on June 2, 2008. Let me share with you my favorite order everytime I stopped by Kassa Corner in Putra Heights. I will definitely order one Nasi Goreng Belancan Thai and one cup of Sirap Ais.

I love the taste of how the the “nasi goreng” is cooked with “belacan” plus all the small little things wrap around the “nasi goreng” with sliced chicken meat, cut tomatoes, cut “cili padi”, cut onions, cut cucumber, cut mango and cut long bean.

So, to any lovers of “nasi goreng”, you should try this Nasi Goreng Belacan Thai at Kassa Corner located at Jalan Putra Permai 10/1N, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya. Hehehe…a little free promo fro me.

IKEA Malaysia 2011 Catalogue

Oct 09

wingloonGeneral 4 Comments

The new IKEA 2011 Catalogue is out and available in store now. Featuring 376 pages of affordable and yet lower price products valid until July 31, 2011. If you have no time travellig to IKEA and would like to save your petrol, you have the great option to download or view the IKEA 2011 Catalogue online.

Nevertheless, IKEA had a great idea on helping our mother earth. Bring back your old copies of your catalogue for recycling during your next visit. Isn’t this great effort need to be shared with friends and families to help IKEA to lessen the use of our natural resources. Go green and help our earth by viewing this IKEA 2011 Catalogue online.

Source: IKEA Malaysia

Debian Sources List Generator

Oct 03

wingloonLinux 2 Comments

Having switch to Debian distribution from Red Hat Enterprise Linux or The Community ENTerprise Operating System (CentOS), I am having hard time tweaking the apt-get sources list for Debian. However, there is a great free service named Debian Sources List Generator website.

In the Debian Sources List Generator website, we have the ability to generate the sources list file by selecting the country, Debian release, Debian branches, Debian updates as well as 3rd parties repositories. Nevertheless, there is an Ubuntu Source List Generator which you may try if you are a fan of Ubuntu like me. Both of them are maintained by Miro “churchyard” Hrončok.

URL Shortener Goo.gl is a Go

Oct 01

wingloonWebsites 3 Comments

Yet another URL shortener, Goo.gl a product from Google. Google promises that the shortener is the “stablest, most secure, and fastest URL shortener on the web.”

If you had signed into your Google account, you can see a list of URL shortener you created. You will be able to see detail to any URL shortener created with public, real-time analytics data including traffic over time, top referrers, and visitor profiles.

Simply to add, by adding a “.qr” to the end of any goo.gl URL shortener generated will create a QR code for mobile use. You can scan the QR code and it will take you to the destination URL. Very useful in Android devices.

As the result, I find Goo.gl is a great competitor to McAf.ee as both are focusing to protect malware, phishing and spam. That being said, choose your favorite service within your like and do tell me your favorite URL shortener.