Proftpd package on OpenSTLinux repository.

[hochul yoo]

Hi all ~

I'm going to use proftpd to support FTP server.

first, I installed proftpd package from OpenSTLinux repository. 

apt-get install proftpd 

And I tried to run proftpd with my configuration file.

but I got some error like below. 

proftpd[5128]: fatal: unknown configuration directive 'AuthUserFile' 

As far as I know, proftpd has several modules related each features.

And the module I need is mod_auth_file. 

so I checked proftpd's module list like below.

But there is no mod_auth_file module I want. 

root@stm32mp1-prox-mx670:/home/hantas# proftpd -vv
ProFTPD Version: 1.3.7c (maint)
 Scoreboard Version: 01040003
 Built: Mon Aug 30 2021 00:22:56 UTC
 
Loaded modules:
 mod_auth_pam/1.2
 mod_facts/0.6
 mod_delay/0.7
 mod_site.c
 mod_log/1.0
 mod_ls.c
 mod_auth.c
 mod_auth_unix.c
 mod_rlimit/1.0
 mod_xfer.c
 mod_core.c

proftpd man page is described that mod_auth_file module is compiled by default.

But there is option to disable mod_auth_file module at compile time. (--disable-auth_file)

so I think, proftpd package offered by OpenSTLinux repository has above option. 

In this case, is there any way to add proftpd module I want?

Or, Do I need to add proftpd recipe on my distribution package?

I'm not used to use yocto recipe yet.

Thank in advance for your answer. 

[Jean-Marc B · Accepted solution]

Hi @hochul yoo​ 

The recipe proftpd integrated into the OpenSTLinux distribution comes from the layer meta-openembedded (recipe meta-networking/recipes-daemons/proftpd/proftpd_1.3.7c.bb).

This recipe indeed disables by default the mod_auth_file module through the package configuration:

PACKAGECONFIG[auth] = "--enable-auth-file, --disable-auth-file"

To enable it, you have to create a bbappend recipe proftpd_1.3.7c.bbappend in your own layer and to update the PACKAGECONFIG variable as followed:

PACKAGECONFIG:append = " auth"

Best regards,

--JM