proftpd

thetroyv · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:07 am Post subject: proftpd

hello there,
im trying to set up proftpd and im following the guide:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ProFTPD

how do i set it up for user logins? i only see 'anonymous'.. what does that mean?
im mainly using this ftp software for blogging software 'wordpress'
if anybody knows the needs of that.

so any general information on this would be great.
thanks,
troy

M1Sports20 · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:12 am Post subject:

Proftpd defaults to using users on the box

so you can add ftp to the user by adding them to the ftp group
usermod -a ftp usernamehere

thetroyv · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:18 am Post subject:

alright well with that setup, it looks like all is well
and i had to log in with my ftp client (cyberduck on mac os x)
i can log in anonomously and i get the directory /home/ftp
but theres a user called ftp on my box and i can log in with the password for
it as well and i also get /home/ftp...

so how secure is this ftp the way its set up by the guide?

nastasa_andrey · n00b Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 65

you can recompile proftpd with USE="authfile", then add in the proftpd.conf file "AuthUserFile /etc/proftpd/.passwd". To add new users you eighter create new system users or use a tool called ftpasswd and add only ftp users (be verry carefull to specify the file where the users will be saved in /etc/proftpd/.passwd ).