iRedMail generates a LDAP bind dn cn=vmail,dc=xxx,dc=xxx with read-only
-access to all mail accounts, we use it in ejabberd to query accounts.
Password of cn=vmail,dc=xxx,dc=xxx was generated randomly during iRedMail
-installation, you can find the full dn and password in
-/etc/postfix/ldap/catchall_maps.cf:
iRedMail generates a read-only LDAP bind dn cn=vmail,dc=xxx,dc=xxx during
+installation, so it's perfect to query user accounts with this dn.
You can find the full dn and password in /etc/postfix/ldap/catchall_maps.cf:
# grep 'bind_' /etc/postfix/ldap/catchall_maps.cf
bind_dn = cn=vmail,dc=example,dc=com
bind_pw = InYTi8qGjamTb6Me2ESwbb6rxQUs5y
@@ -44,30 +42,31 @@ bind_pw = InYTi8qGjamTb6Me2ESwbb6rxQUs5y
Configure the LDAP setting for PureFTPD
-- Open
/etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd-ldap.conf and update below parameters:
+- Open
/etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd-ldap.conf and update parameters below:
-LDAPServer localhost
-LDAPPort 389
-LDAPBaseDN o=domains,dc=example,dc=com
-LDAPBindDN cn=vmail,dc=example,dc=com
-LDAPBindPW InYTi8qGjamTb6Me2ESwbb6rxQUs5y # cn=vmail password
-LDAPDefaultUID 2000 # <- UID of `vmail` user.
-LDAPDefaultGID 2000 # <- GID of `vmail` user.
-LDAPFilter (&(objectClass=PureFTPdUser)(mail=\L)(FTPStatus=enabled))
-LDAPHomeDir FTPHomeDir # <- New LDAP attribute, we will add it later.
-LDAPVersion 3
+LDAPServer localhost
+LDAPPort 389
+LDAPBaseDN o=domains,dc=example,dc=com
+LDAPBindDN cn=vmail,dc=example,dc=com
+LDAPBindPW InYTi8qGjamTb6Me2ESwbb6rxQUs5y # cn=vmail password
+LDAPDefaultUID 2000 # <- UID of `vmail` user.
+LDAPDefaultGID 2000 # <- GID of `vmail` user.
+LDAPFilter (&(objectClass=PureFTPdUser)(mail=\L)(FTPStatus=enabled))
+LDAPHomeDir FTPHomeDir # <- New LDAP attribute, we will add it later.
+LDAPVersion 3
Config OpenLDAP
-- Get the schema modify by iredmail
+- Get the schema modified by iredmail, it adds a new attribute
FTPHomeDir to
+ store per-user FTP home directory. Default schema uses homeDirectory.
# wget https://bitbucket.org/zhb/iredmail/raw/default/extra/samples/pureftpd.schema
-# mv pureftpd.schema /etc/openldap/schema/
+# mv pureftpd.schema /etc/openldap/schema/
-- Open
/etc/openldap/slapd.conf, include pureftpd.schema after iredmail.schema:
+- Update
/etc/openldap/slapd.conf, include pureftpd.schema after iredmail.schema:
include /etc/openldap/schema/iredmail.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/pureftpd.schema # <-- Add this line.
@@ -86,14 +85,14 @@ index FTPStatus,FTPuid,FTPgid,FTPHomeDir eq,pres
Create FTP Home Directory
We're going to store all FTP data under /home/ftp/ directory, so let's create
-/home/ftp/ now, owner must be root user.
+/home/ftp/ first, directory owner MUST be root user.
# mkdir /home/ftp/
# ls -dl /home/ftp
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 7 20:18 /home/ftp/
Restart OpenLDAP and Pure-FTPD Service
-Make sure pure-ftpd is running:
+Restart Pure-FTPd and OpenLDAP services:
# /etc/init.d/ldap restart
# /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart
@@ -103,17 +102,22 @@ tcp 0 0 :::21 :::* LISTEN 2062/pure-ftpd (SERVER)
Add LDAP FTP attributes and values for new user
-use the iredmail tools quick create the user include the PureFTP attributes and values.
+With script shipped in iRedMail, you can quickly create NEW mail user which
+has pureftpd service support.
-- Open
/iRedMail-x.y.z/tools/create_mail_user_OpenLDAP.sh and set correct values:
+- Open file
tools/create_mail_user_OpenLDAP.sh under your iRedMail directory
+ (e.g. /root/iRedMail-0.9.4/tools/create_mail_user_OpenLDAP.sh), update
+ paraemters below with correct values:
-LDAP_SUFFIX="dc=example,dc=com" # <- Change the LDAP suffix
-BINDPW='passwd' # <- Password for the bind dn `cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com`
-PUREFTPD_INTEGRATION='YES' # <- Change to YES, enable the pureftp inteegration
+LDAP_SUFFIX="dc=example,dc=com" # <- Change the LDAP suffix
+BINDPW='passwd' # <- Password for the bind dn `cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com`
+PUREFTPD_INTEGRATION='YES' # <- Set to 'YES' to enable the pureftp inteegration
+FTP_STORAGE_BASE_DIRECTORY='/home/ftp' # <- Change it to the ftp home directory
-- Run the script to create a new user
user1@example.com. The default password is same as user name (user1) by default.
+- Run the script to create a new user
user1@example.com. The default
+ password is same as user name (user1) by default.
# bash create_mail_user_OpenLDAP.sh example.com user1
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ ldapadd: Already exists (68)
adding new entry "mail=user1@example.com,ou=Users,domainName=example.com,o=domains,dc=example,dc=com"
+You can now login to both webmail and FTP service as this user.
Configure iptables
iRedMail doesn't open port 20 and 21 by default, you must open them first.
@@ -138,11 +143,14 @@ adding new entry "mail=user1@example.com,ou=Users,domainName=example.com,o=
- Restart the iptables service
-
# /etc/init.d/iptables restart
+# service iptables restart
Testing
-You can use windows FTP client or Linux ftp client (e.g. command line ftp client lftp or GUI client FileZilla) for testing.
+You can use windows FTP client or Linux ftp client (e.g. command line ftp
+client lftp or GUI client FileZilla) for
+testing.
+We use lftp for testing below:
$ lftp localhost
localhost:~> debug 4
localhost:~> login user1@example.com user1 # <-- input the username and password
@@ -194,11 +202,11 @@ drwxr-xr-x 2 500 vmail 4096 Jun 10 16:16 ..
- Open
/etc/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.conf and set correct values:
-VerboseLog yes # <-- change form no to yes
+VerboseLog yes # <-- change from no to yes
-- Open
/etc/syslog.conf and set correct values:
+- Open
/etc/rsyslog.conf and set correct values:
ftp.* -/var/log/pureftpd.log # <-- Add entry
@@ -206,8 +214,8 @@ drwxr-xr-x 2 500 vmail 4096 Jun 10 16:16 ..
- Restart services
-#/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart
-#/etc/init.d/syslog restart
+# service pure-ftpd restart
+# service rsyslog restart
Monitor /var/log/pureftpd.log for troubleshooting: