I have vsftpd running with anonymous access set to off but local user read and write enabled.

I created an account called userftp with no privileges so that it can be used as the ftp login which I will distribute to several people.

At the moment to get files on there I'm using sudo nautilus and navigating to the home folder of the new user and copying files from my documents folder in the new user's home folder. However I have a feeling that this is mucking up the permissions as I am getting several errors when I try to download the files from the ftp.

I would appreciate any help