Hi all,

I have PROFTPD and I have to add and limit one user to only a folder.
This is what I do, but I receive 503 error...

# groupadd nuovogruppo
# useradd -d /path/to/myfolder/ -s /bin/false pippo > /bin/false 2>&1
# passwd pippo
Changing password for pippo.
New password: *****
Re-enter new password: *****
Password changed.
# usermod -G nuovogruppo pippo

I change user ang group for "myfolder"

I add to /etc/shells/ the string /bin/false

Then I go to fireftp and I login with pippo and password and I receive "530 Login incorrect".

Why???

Any help?

Thank you

I see that if I type
# ftp 127.0.0.1
# Name: pippo
331: Password required for user pippo
I type password and I have "530 Login incorrect".

So I suppose that the problem is the password.
Is there a crypted system for password that I don't know.

Please I need an help!!

Luke

you have set shell for this user to /bin/false. which means this user can never login to
system. this may be the cause that this user is not able to login through ftp.

To restrict users to their home diretories only, you can configure ftp server to
run in chrooted environment.

I change it with /bin/bash, but I receive the same error...

ok. But I'm still not able to add a user...

I think I have understood.
PROFTPD uses /etc/shadow/ and I don't know how to crypt all that is in passwd to shadow...

I guess that this is the problem...

I think you are not using shadow passwords. check your operating system's manual to find how to use shadow utility.
on fedora and red hat it can be configured through the command authconfig.