Add/change password for ftp

[trex2000]

Hello.
Is there a way to change the user and set a password to the ftp access ?
Under what user is running the ftp client ?
More than that, what ftp server is it running ? vsftpd or proftpd ? Or some custom one ?

[arris69]

Hello.
Is there a way to change the user and set a password to the ftp access ?

just guessed

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passwd

on arhitecture where it's supported

Under what user is running the ftp client ?

on samsung tvs there is just 1 user

More than that, what ftp server is it running ? vsftpd or proftpd ? Or some custom one ?

vsftpd or busybox depends on architecture.

look into

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<widgetinstalldir_read_in_wiki>SamyGO/etc/init.d

directory

[trex2000]

So, from what I understood, there is only one user, which I suppose is root.
Indeed, passwd will change the password, but won't this affect some other functionality ? I guess not as if everything runs under the root account then there's no need to supply password...

Thanks for the infos, I'll try it at home.

[trex2000]

So, i've changed the root password by connecting with netcat, however the ftp server was still not asking for password.
I've started digging into the init scripts and found the following line :

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$SYSROOT/bin/busybox tcpsvd -vE 0.0.0.0 21 $SYSROOT/bin/busybox ftpd -w / &

inside the

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01_01_catch_crap.init

script file.

So this is where busybox is started.
I've started reading the busybox documentation, I suppose busybox is not using the /etc/passwd file, it will just let anonymous login to anybody ..

Any thoughts, help ?

[juusso]

to console:

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passwd

then when asked:

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Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:

enter new password twice. After the procedure

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passwd: password updated successfully

you get new password for your ssh/ftp connection.

[trex2000]

No, you don't.
FTP is served on the UEXXD6000 on which I run Samygo by busybox.
Meanwhile I found that busybox's FTP server allows only anonymous access, so anybody can login with any password.
Therefore, even if you change with passwd , the ftp access will be unlimited.
Is there any alternative ftp server compiled for it, like vsftpd ?

Currently there's no 'public' access to the server, it's behind the firewall, and I can have remote access to it either from local network or remotely via VPN connection to the local network. However, file transfer through vpn is slower, therefore I would have prefered a strait ftp connection.