I currently have an anonymous ftp server setup with Vsftpd. I'm using this for testing purposes only... After creating a user, how can I allow that user to have access to my ftp share? I've added the user to the ftp group but that still didn't work. How can I allow access to the share with a newly created user?

As an update, I have the username listed in vsftpd.user_list as well as userlist_enable=YES userlist_deny=NO in the conf file.

I also have local_enable=YES

A little more info... When opening up a command prompt and trying to ftp I can input any string that isn't a user and it then prompts for a password (which is normal here). However, when I actually key a real username in it says "Permission Denied". It knows that it is indeed a user and then denies permission. If I enter a string that isn't a user it asks for a password before denying access. This may be a problem with the user. I basically opened up the Add User GUI and created a username and added it to the ftp group. Should I do something else?

If you have anonymous enabled still, and are trying to also have user lists, that will cause problems. Local enable is a good way to go, that is how I run my vsftpd. With these strings, I allow local users to log into their own home directories only, and chroot them there:

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
chroot_local_user=YES

If you need to have anonymous enabled, then you need to disable the user list and such. How do you want to have this running?

Peace,
JimBass

I have mine local enabled too.

If you do that route, do make sure to keep the users trapped in their user directory with the "chroot_local_user=YES". Else they will be able to view areas of the system you probably don't want them.

Thanks for the info guys. I'm allowing anonymous uses access to one dir only and also enabling local users to their respective home dirs. I believe I'm good to go now. Thanks!