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

[frodon]

@pj12345, this is a firewall/router problem, check your firewall and router settings and be sure that you are not blocking somethings which shouldn't be blocked.

If you have a router this may help :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...2&postcount=81

[dirtNap]

Hi Frodon, great guide and keep up the great work! My problem is that proftpd times out at exactly ten minutes every time I connect and transfer files on a remote computer. I use filezilla and fireftp (both work great with TLS by the way) to transfer the files. I have set up anonymous accounts as well as using my shell via TLS. If you need my proftpd.conf file I will shoot it in another reply. Thanks for all of your help!

[flasher702]

after doing:
sudo apt-get install proftpd gproftpd
it asks me to insert some cd and press enter. I don't even have a cd-rom drive installed in this system. So I do:
sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso /cdrom
which works perfectly until I hit enter and then it unmounts the image and asks me to insert the CD again.

How do I make it install without a cd-rom drive? Why is it even asking me for a CD in the first place? That's lame. I would totally complain at the right people if I knew who that was. Not sure if it's entirely ubuntu's fault or if it's the proftpd.

I guess I will install a CD-ROM drive but any help is greatly appreciated in case I run into this kind of problem again in the future or if anyone knows which group is responsible.

Update: I mounted the .iso of the alternate install cd (the one I used to install with) and it worked. This reminds me a bit too much of MS windows...

[frodon]

This is not really a proftpd question. Just remove your cd link in your /etc/apt/source.list file or clicking repositories in synaptic, if you have an internet connection you don't need the cd.

[dlhilario]

sudo apt-get install proftpd

I tried the line shown above to install the proftpd and is not working. what does this like do and what is actually istalling and in what directory. Can I do manually isntead.

I was able to do everything else without a problem except for this line sudo apt-get install proftpd does anyone have any idea. I notice that I don't have any file in the init.d directory.

I will really appreciate your kind help.

[frodon]

Enable all the ubuntu repositories first (universe and multiverse), you will find many threads about it.

[general.chaos]

Hi, Im getting the following error:

- notice: unable to bind to Unix domain socket at '/var/run/proftpd/test.sock': No such file or directory
- notice: unable to listen to local socket: No such file or directory
- error: /media/Storage is a world writeable directory
- Fatal: SystemLog: you are attempting to log to a world writeable directory on line 32 of '/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf'


I'm using the GUI method... I've also noticed that I cant set the default home directory to anything other than the default. Whenever I do and hit apply it just changes itself back.

Please help..

[Lemmings74]

Hi I am a newbie to Ubuntu but ave managed to setup proftpd to allow 1 user ftp access to one of my home directories.

This user can download files, ammend them and then upload files with no problem, however if they upload a new file, then the user rights are set to -------w-. I have set the Umask to 022 as default, and to 775 in the <directory> section of the script... any ideas??

(hope this makes sense!

[frodon]

You should also set the same umask for your system, you can add this in your .basrc file present in your home directory.

[Lemmings74]

not sure what you mean! I dont have .basrc in that directory :S