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

[frodon]

Your user guest has no alias name and the option "AuthAliasOnly on" allows only alias name to login, so either create an alias name for the user guest or disable the "AuthAliasOnly" option.

Otherwise try to reset the password, it often solve this problem :

sudo passwd guest

[shortbus]

call me a n00b, because i call myself that and I am, but is all i have to is like below?:

# /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf -- This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file.
# To really apply changes reload proftpd after modifications.
UserAlias Nick userftp
UserAlias guest userftp1
AuthAliasOnly on

or is there another way i have to set the alias?

i have done
sudo passwd guest

and reset the password but am still getting the 530 error.

[frodon]

Ok wait a minute, what are the names of the users you created and what login name do you use in your ftp client ?

[shortbus]

I've tried using both userftp1 and guest, still no go.

[Jordanwb]

I get an error saying that it can't find the proftpd package.

[frodon]

I've tried using both userftp1 and guest, still no go.

Please answer my question first, i think your problem is just that in your LOGIN section you are allowing the alias name instead of the real user name.

I get an error saying that it can't find the proftpd package.

This is more likely to be a repository problem, could you tell us which version of ubuntu you are using ?

[Jordanwb]

I'm using 6.06

[Weavz]

I'm getting the same problem with 6.06 when I try and get the gproftpd. I'm also a noobie

[spartan777]

nvm

[spartan777]

how do I know whether I'm connected to my ftp server via ssl or not? it seems to me that I'm not, even though I've set

    TLSRequired on

also, when i'm setting up my ssl certificates, on the last step, i get this:

1 out of 1 certificate requests certified, commit? [y/n]y
Write out database with 1 new entries
Data Base Updated
CA verifying: server.crt <-> CA cert
server.crt: /C=US/ST=Illinois/O=Internet Widgits Pty Ltd/CN=Calvin/emailAddress=MY_EMAIL_ADDR@gmail.com
error 18 at 0 depth lookup:self signed certificate
/C=US/ST=Illinois/O=Internet Widgits Pty Ltd/CN=Calvin/emailAddress=MY_EMAIL_ADDR@gmail.com
error 7 at 0 depth lookup:certificate signature failure
22235:error:0407006A:rsa routines:RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_type_1:block type is not 01:rsa_pk1.c:100:
22235:error:04067072:rsa routines:RSA_EAY_PUBLIC_DECRYPT:padding check failed:rsa_eay.c:708:
22235:error:0D0C5006:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_item_verify:EVP lib:a_verify.c:168:
calvin@calvin-desktop:/etc/ftpcert$