Ubuntu – Set up FTP user with ProFTPD on Ubuntu

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I want to set up a user "ftp" so they can upload and download files in my /home/httpd/mysite/public_html directory.

All files in public_html are owned by user "ftp" and in group "www-data" so the ftp user looks like so:

uid=108(ftp) gid=33(www-data) groups=33(www-data),65534(nogroup)

When I try to connect via an FTP client I get:

530 Login incorrect.
ftp: Login failed.

What do I need to uncomment/add to the proftpd.conf file to make this work?

Best Answer

Just had this problem with Ubuntu 12.04.2 and ProFTP. I had my FTP user's shell set to /bin/false and ProFTP wouldn't allow that to connect (it showed Error 530).

What I did was followed I uncommented this on my /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf:

RequireValidShell Off

And I also added /bin/false to my /etc/shells file.

Restart ProFTP and you're good!

Hope this saves someone time.

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