Proftp, Users not able to login....no matter what!

Pizentios · 11-12-2004, 11:40 AM

Hey,

I am currently trying to set up a proftpd service on my slackware 10 box. Here is my configureation:

proftpd.conf:

Code:

# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to 
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use.  It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login.  It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.

ServerName			"ProFTPD Default Installation"
ServerType			standalone
DefaultServer			on
ServerAdmin                     nick.peters@candoltd.com
# Turns the server version display off
ServerIdent                     off

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port				21

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask				022

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd).
MaxInstances			30

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

TimeoutLogin                    120
TimeoutIdle                     600
TimeoutNoTransfer               900
TimeoutStalled                  3600

# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.

DefaultRoot /home/ftp 

UseReverseDNS                   no

#Log location and Formats:
TransferLog                     /var/log/proftpd/xferlog.log
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"

#this is for the users that use ftp and the groups.
AuthUserFile                    /etc/proftpd-AuthUsers
AuthGroupFile                   /etc/proftpd-AuthGroups

# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
AllowOverwrite		on

# Bar use of SITE CHMOD by default
<Limit SITE_CHMOD>
  DenyAll
</Limit>

<Global>
DisplayLogin /usr/local/proftpd/etc/welcome.msg
IdentLookups                   off
ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/access.log WRITE,READ write
ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/auth.log AUTH auth
</Global>

I know i should be using sftp or somthing of the like, but this is what my bosses want.

When i try to login using one of the accounts that i set up using ftpasswd (i used ftpasswd to create the usernames and passwords and the groups that are in the proftpd-AuthUsers and proftpd-AuthGroups), it won't let me login. The odd part is when i first set things up i could login, but i couldn't do anything (like move files to the server, or create a directory). I have read alot of the proftpd user manual and in my eyes the conf file looks about what i need. Can somebody please help me set this up correctly? I am a

when it comes to proftpd. Thanks for any help in advance.

rufusss · 11-12-2004, 12:04 PM

Proftp is usually ready to go after installing and starting the service.Usually you don't neccessarily have to setp ftp users.Any with a regular users acct on the system will logon with their normal user id and password.
You have alot of the options uncommented,

Pizentios · 11-12-2004, 12:15 PM

The only reason that i am trying to set up ftp users is for security reasons. i don't want a anonymous ftp. Also i don't want the users that are system users to have an ftp account. Thanks for your help.