i uninstalled everything
typed whereis proftpd and deleted the files that wernt deleted
reinstalled it
started it
and it worked

Really? Didnt' ahve to tamper with the .conf file as far as adding user names ..etc. ?

I am getting access denied errors when i try to upload stuff unless i make wut im uploading ftp or nobody. If i go on another pc i cant upload eather.

nope, not at all

I see.....it must be my router then ....because I had the exact same setup earlier...but now, I changed the user names and stuff...And the connection is still getting refused...however I'm not getting any errors when i do "./proftpd" ...

well
try loging in as localhost once

Do you mean try typing in the username as "localhost"? Because I cant even get a username prompt to pop up...it just gives me the same error it was giving you earlier.

hmm

look into the chown and chgrp commands, for setting the privledges on the ftps directorys..

You shouldn't need to chown/chgrp anything just yet???

First off, let's go over setting up ProFTPD from Mandrake.

You will need to ensure you have it installed first and fore-most. To do that, as root:
urpmi proftpd

If it says it's installed, ensure with:
rpm -qa | grep proftpd

If you see the proftpd rpm installed, then move onto the next step.

Ensure your configuration file is correct, do that with:
less /etc/proftpd.conf

If one does not exist, there are examples on proftpd.org and on this site, even in this thread. You have several options, copy one of those, place it into a new file called:
/etc/proftpd.conf
Or create your own from options described from the documentation on www.proftpd.org
For the newb, grabbing an existing *working* one is ideal.

Then, you need to start proftpd, this is different on different systems. Some systems can:
/etc/init.d/proftpd start
Assuming proftpd exists in that directory. Other systems:
chkconfig, webmin, and I'm sure SuSE has something in YaST. On Mandrake I do believe the "/etc/init.d/proftpd start" should be what you need (not on it right now so I really can't tell for sure). If you want this to start up on each subsequent reboot, you can look into the Mandrake Control Center for info on daemons/applications that startup on each boot.

To test we can simply start it as root:
/usr/sbin/proftpd &

Type that into a console, if there are no errors, we will assume it has started, now to check it we will:
ps aux | grep ftp
And look for the proftpd daemon running. Another way to check is:
ftp localhost
And a dialogue box should appear that asks for a login name and password. If it does, then proftpd is running.

HTH

Cool

well i mentioned it because if they got their ftp up and they are getting accessed denied and 412 errors it is mainly due to the fact that the inproper group/user has ownership on the folder which denys the ftp users access...by the sounds of it they have their ftps up so i didn't think explanation on the config was necessary, but i may have missed or overread something