pure-pw(8)

✨ NAME ✨

pure-pw — manage virtual users files for Pure-FTPd. This is the pure-pw(8) page, bestie, and it's about to make your FTP-only account era iconic. 💅

✨ SYNTAX ✨

       pure-pw useradd login [-f passwd_file] [-F puredb_file] -u uid [-g gid]
                       -D/-d home_directory [-c gecos]
                       [-t download_bandwidth] [-T upload_bandwidth]
                       [-n max number_of_files] [-N max_Mbytes]
                       [-q upload_ratio] [-Q download_ratio]
                       [-r <allow client host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]...] [-R
       <deny client host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]...]
                       [-i <allow local host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]...] [-I
       <deny local host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]...]
                       [-y <max number of concurrent sessions>]
                       [-z <hhmm>-<hhmm>] [-m]
       pure-pw usermod login [-f passwd_file] [-F puredb_file] [-u uid] [-g
       gid]
                       -D/-d home_directory -[c gecos]
                       [-t download_bandwidth] [-T upload_bandwidth]
                       [-n max_number_of_files] [-N max_Mbytes]
                       [-q upload_ratio] [-Q download_ratio]
                       [-r <allow client host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]...] [-R
       <deny client host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]...]
                       [-i <allow local host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]...] [-I
       <deny local host>/<mask>[,<ip>/<mask>]...]
                       [-y <max number of concurrent sessions>]
                       [-z <hhmm>-<hhmm>] [-m]
       pure-pw userdel login [-f passwd_file] [-F puredb_file] [-m]
       pure-pw passwd  login [-f passwd_file] [-F puredb_file] [-m]
       pure-pw show    login [-f passwd_file] [-m]
       pure-pw mkdb    [<puredb_database_file> [-f passwd_file]] [-F
       puredb_file]
       pure-pw list    [-f passwd_file]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so virtual users are literally just a simple way to keep a list of users with all their info — password, name, uid, directory, the whole lil profile. It's giving /etc/passwd, but it is not /etc/passwd. It's a whole different file, and it's only for FTP. 🦋

That means you can make FTP-only accounts without messing up your system accounts. No cap, it's so much cleaner. ✨

And bestie, it gets better: virtual users files can store individual quotas, ratios, bandwidth, etc. System accounts literally cannot do that. 💅

Thousands of virtual users can share the same system user, as long as they all are chrooted, and they have their own home directory. Slay. 👑

✨ FILES ✨

• /etc/pureftpd.passwd
• /etc/pureftpd.pdb

✨ ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ✨

• PURE_PASSWDFILE — if this variable is defined, it's the default value for the text password file. If it's not defined, /etc/pureftpd.passwd is assumed. 🎀
• PURE_DBFILE — if this variable is defined, it's the default value for the PureDB password file. If it's not defined, /etc/pureftpd.pdb is assumed. 🫶

✨ EXAMPLES ✨

Please read:

http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/doc/README.Virtual-Users

✨ AUTHORS ✨

Frank DENIS <j at pureftpd dot org> — icon behavior, honestly. 🌟

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

ftp(1), pure-ftpd(8) pure-ftpwho(8) pure-mrtginfo(8) pure-uploadscript(8) pure-statsdecode(8) pure-pw(8) pure-quotacheck(8) pure-authd(8) pure-certd(8)

RFC 959, RFC 2228, RFC 2389 and RFC 2428.

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That's the whole page, bestie 💖 — Frank Denis wrote it, it's version 1.0.54, and the manual is pure-pw(8). Go forth and manage those virtual users, periodt. 🎀