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

[Kulgan]

Hehe, that did it

When I had wireless, it asked for "manetheren", when I was using a wired connection, it was going on about "manetheren.lan". Added "manetheren" to hosts - it now works.

Thanks!
-K

[frodon]

Glad you got it working

[ronaldor9]

wondering userftp is a group

so what does it mean if i add a user such as my default ubuntu user to that group
what effects will this have on my ftp?

btw great guide still working on setting it up heheeh
edit
do i type the computers private ip like this ftp://192................ ect
to view my ftp beacuse its not working for somereason ? i did exactly as u did even copied teh config but im not getting login page i also forwareded the ports

[frodon]

If you put your normal user to the userftp group (which have no sense IMO) this won't do anything as you normal user isn't allowed to login your ftp server except obviously if you add a line to allow it.

To access your ftp server i strongly advice you to use a FTP client (like fireftp, or filezilla) otherwise you have to use a browser which handle correctly ftp identification and you have to know how to enter your ftp address.

In a web browser the address to type is something like :
ftp://your_alias_name@192.***.***.***:your_ftp_port_number

[ronaldor9]

ic well now i get the login page exept im using my alias and im using the password set for the group userftp and it still dont work gives me 530 error

[frodon]

You will see a bunch of posts in this thread about the 530 error, it means that there's a configuration problem.
That might come from the password, wrong username, wrong rights on your FTP shared directories, so check thoroughly your config and perform a search in this thread using "530 error" as key word, you will find a lot of useful informations.

[ronaldor9]

ok ill do that but quick qestion before i do that ubuntu doesent let me login with userftp and the password
? is this a possible problem

[frodon]

That may be indeed, try to regenerate the password using "sudo passwd userftp".

[quickshot89]

sorry to bump , but im stuck

ive installed the server, configured it as best i can, all i did was change the server name to discovery

and when i come to access the server, it says unable to find it :S im using ftp://my ip address:21

is that correct?

my servers ip is 192.168.1.11 if it helps

edit: cant even view the server on the internal network too

edit 2: getting a 503 error saying incorrect details

so im really :S now

btw, the attached file had to have .doc added on the end, i coppied everything from the gedit cmd and saved it in a new file in the same program, hope it helps

edit 3: can view it internally, however the whole HDD is viewable, i only want certain folders to be viewable, not my whole HDD, also, still cant get external address to view it, even thou ive added the ports in my router

[frodon]

Sorry but you didn't followed the tutorial, there's no LIMIT LOGIN section, no directory section and even worst no DefaultRoot in your proftpd.conf command which is the reason nothing limits users from browsing your whole computer so your FTP server is really not safe for the moment.
So please read thoroughly the config file provided in the tutorial and take example on it.

As for you problem where you can't connect from the outside it is related to your network configuration first thing to check is your firewall and configure your rooter if you have one.