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proftpd allow user to specific folder

Here is my current proftpd.conf file

Code:

ServerName          "Gentoo FTP"

ServerType          standalone

DeferWelcome        off

DefaultServer      on

RequireValidShell  off



AuthPAM            off

AuthPAMConfig      ftp



Port                666



# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files

# from being group and world writable.



Umask                          022



MaxInstances                    30



# Set the user and group under which the server will run.



User                            nobody

Group                          nobody



# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.

<Directory />

  AllowOverwrite                on

</Directory>







# chroot for all users of the group ftpuser

DefaultRoot ~ ftpuser



# grant login only for members of the group

<Limit LOGIN>

DenyGroup !ftpuser

</Limit>



# disable root login and require a valid shell (from /etc/shells)

<Global>

RootLogin off

RequireValidShell on

</Global>



UseReverseDNS off

IdentLookups off



# Logging formats

LogFormat default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"

LogFormat auth "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s"

LogFormat write "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"



# activate logging



# every login

ExtendedLog /var/log/ftp_auth.log AUTH auth



# file/dir access

ExtendedLog /var/log/ftp_access.log WRITE,READ write



# forr paranoid (big logfiles!)

#ExtendedLog /var/log/ftp_paranoid.log ALL default

Seeing my config, I would like ALL users who are part of ftpuser group access to /var/ftp for read/write access so..

This is what I did:
groupadd ftpuser
chown ftp:ftpuser /var/ftp/

useradd -d /var/ftp -g ftpuser -s /bin/false john
passwd john

now I can login as john with my password, and end up in that directory...I thought if I was in the same group that I changed the directory's group ownership to that I would be able to read/write... I can only read and cannot upload files.

Hope This explains basicly what Im trying to do. Much Thanks.

You did chown, but did you chmod 660 /var/ftp to give the owner ftp and the group ftpuser read/write access?

lol, when I chmod 660 /var/ftp I get

Status: Connected with 192.168.1.103:666. Waiting for welcome message...
Response: 220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (Gentoo FTP) [192.168.1.103]
Command: USER john
Response: 331 Password required for john.
Command: PASS ********
Response: 530 Login incorrect.

Insted of logging in fine before... I dont know what to think :(

You can always try 777 and then trim down your permissions if it is indeed a permission problem...

Quote:

Originally Posted by pljvaldez

You can always try 777 and then trim down your permissions if it is indeed a permission problem...

I logged in with scp, I havn't 100% memorized all the chmod numbers, so selected chmod 770, graphicly, giving owner and group execute also...now I can upload/download and delete once I login...Thanks a ton.