switch off ftp server-wide?

[ASTOKES]

Hi,
Just in the process of uggrading to new box Plesk 12 (Ubuntu 14.04LTS).
ON the previous (plesk 10) I was able to disable ftp services by editing /etc/xinetd.d/ftp_psa - this doesn't seem to be an option now.
Can you tell me how to do this on plesk 12?

Many Thanks

 

[IgorG]

In file /etc/xinetd.d/ftp_psa change line

disable = no

to

disable = yes

and restart xinetd service.

 

[ASTOKES]

Thanks Igor,
This is how I did it on Plesk 10. As has been pointed out elsewhere on this forum, the text of this file states:
#DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE BECAUSE IT WAS GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY,
#SO ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST AFTER YOU UPGRADE PARALLELS PLESK PANEL.

... so I assume that this is not the best way to do it?

 

[IgorG]

But what is the main reason of complete disabling ftp service?

 

[ASTOKES]

I use only sftp and do not want ftp access open as security risk

 

[IgorG]

You may try to use

# chkconfig ftp_psa off

and run it periodically by cron, for example

 

[Arno T]

Plesk Onyx v17.8.11

Tool & Settings > [Security] Security policy > FTPS usage policy
options are,
- Allow only secure FTPS connections
- Allow both secure FTPS and non-secure FTP connections
- Allow only non-secure FTP connections. Do not use FTPS