------------------------ OSX SPECIFIC NOTES ------------------------ The easiest way to install Pure-FTPd is to use Homebrew: $ brew install pure-ftpd Available options are: --with-mysql Build with mysql support --with-postgresql Build with postgresql support --with-virtualchroot Follow symbolic links even for chrooted accounts To get Pure-FTPd authenticate against system users on OSX, you have to use PAM. $ ./configure --with-pam $ make install-strip Create a /etc/pam.d/pure-ftpd file: # pure-ftpd: auth account password session auth required pam_opendirectory.so account required pam_permit.so password required pam_deny.so session required pam_permit.so Start the FTP server: $ /usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd -lpam -B To take advantage of Bonjour, please add --with-bonjour to ./configure switches and give the server a Bonjour service name with the -v (--bonjour=) switch.