HOWTO : Create a FTP server with user access (proftpd)

[splendid]

Frodon,

Attached is my .bashrc file. I think I may have screwed something up because when I enter ProftpTools from a terminal window, nothing happens. I put my entry in Bold (see below).
Thanks So much for your help. I was just able to get my printer working this morning. Took a couple days, but everyone on this forum like yourself has been real helpful.


~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
# for examples

ProftpTools dir=/etc/ProftpTools-v1.0.1
export ProftpTools_dir

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options
#export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
shopt -s checkwinsize

# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(lesspipe)"

# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
if [ -z "$debian_chroot" -a -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
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[frodon]

It looks like a typo, the line :

ProftpTools dir=/etc/ProftpTools-v1.0.1

should be

ProftpTools_dir=/etc/ProftpTools-v1.0.1

[splendid]

Sorry, not sure how I missed that _

Anyway, I fixed the .bashrc and then typed ProftpTools and I get message that say's bash: ProftpTools: command not found

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[frodon]

Did you put the ProftpTools file in /usr/bin ?
By the way you may have to restart your terminal to get it working.

The only thing that the Proftptools file do is to run the proftpd_tools.bash script with gksudo, so the purpose of the ProftpTools file is just to lauch the proftpd_tools.bash script in a elegant way with sudo rights.

[dnlninja]

i am also getting the same errors as splendid

also ( i have been reading through most of the thread so hopefully this isnt a repeat but sorry if it is)
i know it's a pretty newbie question ( considering this would be my 3rd or 4th ftp i've setup) but i am having trouble getting my ftp visible outside of my private network. my local ip address and networked computers can connect to it (i fixed the 530 errors myself that everyone seems to have gotten), but now my direct ip isnt seeing it.

i've opened the ports and turned off my firewall. i also have the passive/masqeruade on... is there something i am not thinking of?

i have a few things going odd, i edit the conf with gedit and when i gproftpd into the program, it is offline and all the settings are off (such as the port is 0, passive ports are all wrong, download speed is 1, etc) but it recognizes that im using the conf...

[apresvoop]

Okay, I am at my wits end with this thing. I spent the better part of six hours reading forum posts and going through config files to get this thing to work. Finally I'm able to connect and all seems right. I go off to eat, and when I come back, I can no longer log in. Really. I have installed a couple other things, like Conky, AVG Anti-Virus, and dependencies, but that's about it. And even then I'm 99% sure it was working after I did that.

I tried deleting and recreating the userftp account just to make sure that wasnt the issues (it was done in GUI not commandline). Frankly I just don't know what else to do. Nothing has changed in my config since the last time it worked.

It gives me the 530 Login Incorrect error. I know the password is correct, and I know the alias names are correct, and I know the config is correct. Here's my config file. Hopefully someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Does the home directory need to be chmod'ed to a particular access level?

[frodon]

apresvoop, check also the rights on the ftp user home directory because wrong rights there can generate the 530 error, the rights for a download directory shoud be 755 and 777 for an upload directory.
Your config file seems good so i think about a privilege problem on the home directory.

[apresvoop]

Yes, you were right. The permissions were slightly off. Thanks.

[NeoGreen]

Need help, Ive tried to install proftpd by sudo apt-get install proftpd and I get this error message:
root@neoserver1:/# apt-get install proftpd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package proftpd

I then tried the wget command (wget http://frodubuntu.free.fr/ubuntu/gpr...2.2-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i gproftpd-8.2.2_8.2.2-1_i386.deb) and I get this message:

root@neoserver1:/home/admin#
wgethttp://frodubuntu.free.fr/ubuntu/gproftpd-8.2.2_8.2.2-1_i386.deb
--16:39:55-- http://frodubuntu.free.fr/ubuntu/gpr...2.2-1_i386.deb
=> `gproftpd-8.2.2_8.2.2-1_i386.deb'
Resolving frodubuntu.free.fr... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.

Is there something I am doing wrong????

[frodon]

You need proftpd to install gproftpd so without proftpd installed you won't be able to install gproftpd.
I think you don't have all the repositories enabled, see this post to check that you have all the repositories enabled then open synaptic and perform a refresh : http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=92672