Starting SFTP connection on port 23 for servers with DirectAdmin

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The following tutorial on how to run a safe CONNECTIONS SFTP just a few steps for servers with the panel DirectAdmin.

The process is really simple and make it in the exact moments.

Below a way for servers that use more CustomBuild version 1.X

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cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set proftpd yes
mkdir -p custom/proftpd
wget -O custom/proftpd/configure.proftpd http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/sftp/configure.proftpd.sftp
chmod 755 custom/proftpd/configure.proftpd
./build proftpd

2) Make a copy of the old configuration, and download the new configuration:

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cd /etc
cp proftpd.conf proftpd.conf.backup
wget -O proftpd.conf http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/sftp/proftpd.conf
wget -O proftpd.sftp.conf http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/sftp/proftpd.sftp.conf
perl -pi -e 's/\|SERVER_IP\|/1.2.3.4/' proftpd.conf
perl -pi -e 's/\|SERVER_IP\|/1.2.3.4/' proftpd.sftp.conf

1.2.3.4 – Of course, replace the server IP.

In the case CustomBuild version 2.0 we issue the following commands:

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cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
mkdir -p custom/proftpd/conf
wget -O custom/proftpd/conf/proftpd.conf http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/sftp/proftpd.conf
./build proftpd

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