I am running precisely what you want at the moment, I always use webmin to set it up. It's a fairly comprehensive GUI to touch the config files with. Two options you want are "use ftpusers=yes" and to make one of the legit users on the machine an alias for ftp logins.
The ftpusers file (/etc/ftpusers) is a list of people who can NOT log in. "Anonymous" is usually in it by default, but you can easily add it with the webmin interface if it's not in yours.
If you don't have webmin, get it, you'll be pleasantly surprised. You can configure all manner of servers/services with it, like setting up samba shares, (windows style file/print sharing) .scheduling cron jobs to do automated backups with rsync... all sorts of neat tricks. Check it out. And good luck. My proftpd shuts itself down every Sunday for some reason. I had to put the startup script in a cron job to keep it running.
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Originally Posted by tbuss
I'm totally new to linux and I thought this whole FTP thing would really be nice for my family. I don't have a lot of experience with setting up a ftp server or Linux. I installed a fresh copy of proftpd and the config file has not ben altered.
This is what I had in mind for an FTP server:
Set up a local directory to share files with family
---> you can set a directory and limit all access to this directory alone.
Limited access to only those authorized (no anonymous)
--->see above about "ftpusers" file
Allow family members to download/upload files
--->can do, but the next request will mean that once uploaded, they can't touch them (except to view/download) afterward
Family members cannot write or delete files I publish
--->allow overwrite=no in the config file
Max 10 family members (10 personal accounts for uploads)
--->to do this, make a user account on the machine and limit each user to their account (directory) only. You, as the machine's admin, will have access to all, the users will only see their account, but then this eliminates a "public" forum sort of flavor to the whole deal. Perhaps you could move files around from account to account in order to share more widely.
Family members have full permission for files in their accounts
--->as above, with a valid user account on the machine, once they access it, it's all theirs, they can read/write/delete to their heart's content.
Is this something that can be accomplished? If anyone has any advice for a beginner please post a reply, Thank You.
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The best advice one can give any newcomer is WEBMIN!
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