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Asked: 2011-07-04 20:37:52 +0800 CST

PureFTP: Denying upload of certain file extensions

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I use pure-ftp for ftp server. I want an for pure-ftp to deny the upload of certain file types, for example .exe, .bat, .cs, etc.

Many thanks.

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1 Answers

  1. Pure-ftpd does not natively support blocking specific file types. However, you can accomplish this by running a script after the upload to delete the undesired file types.

    You would use the pure-uploadscript program to accomplish this.

    An example can be found here: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showpost.php?p=6277573&postcount=4

    (You will probably want to modify the banner to display what file types are not allowed.)

    There is an inherent limitation this - a user could upload a file with an accepted extension and then rename it. You will probably want to scan the files (e.g. with clam-av) after they have been uploaded. You may also run a cron periodically to delete files with certain file extensions (e.g. uploaded by PHP, etc). I do believe that pure-ftpd has some options (-G -K) that disable deletion and/or renaming.

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