JioFiber-Home-Gateway/Instructions/Enable-Root-FTP-JioFiber-ONT-Home-Gateway.md

Enable FTP Server with / as FTP Root

Disclaimer: - This is Only for educational purposes, No one is responsible for any type of damage. Any wrong step might brick your router. So be aware.

1. First of all, follow this guide to enable root access to your router.

2. Use command pkill vsftpd to kill any already running FTP server on your router.

3. Using vi, edit /etc/vsftpd.conf and remove all the lines and add these lines:

   anonymous_enable=NO
   local_enable=YES
   write_enable=YES
   dirmessage_enable=YES
   xferlog_enable=YES
   connect_from_port_20=YES
   listen_port=21
   idle_session_timeout=300
   max_clients=200
   max_per_ip=200
   chroot_local_user=YES
   ftp_username=root
   secure_chroot_dir=/
   local_root=/
   listen_ipv6=YES
   userlist_enable=no
   userlist_deny=NO
   

4. Save the file.

5. Use command vsftpd /etc/vsftpd.conf & to start the FTP server.

6. Use command iptables -I fwInBypass -p tcp --dport 21 -m ifgroup --ifgroup-in 0x1/0x1 -j ACCEPT to enable listening to port 21.

7. Connect your router using FTP client like FileZilla using root as username and your root password as the password.