PROftpd users

[kkiedrowski]

I have tried a search on this question but I feel I am confsing myself more. I have a little experience in Linux. I run slackware 10.0 and use webmin to help me with most of the setup.
I have been able to get proftp to run an allow root to login [which I will disable] but I cannot seem to setup a non-anonymous user.
What is the best method for that? I added the user to the system but I cannot seem to figure out how to get proftpd to authenticate them.
I looks in the etc/passwd file and there are entires for these other users.
Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

 

[smah]

Do the users have a valid linux shell (not nologin or false)? By default, ProFTPd requires users to have a valid login shell.

 

[kkiedrowski]

I just saw in the log that it was saying they had invalid shell. Someone also mentioned that I should set up a virtual server. I was trying to just use the default options as I only need the FTP server for internal user of a disk image program.
I change the setting where is denied users who did not have a vaild shell. Where do I change their shell? in the user setup?

 

[smah]

If you are using Webmin, your can find the user settings under: System tab, Users & Groups

 

[mseth]

the user's shell is the last entry in their line in /etc/passwd (last part past the last colon: /path/to/shell/here )

You can edit this manually or use kde users tool, or whatever else you like.

 

[ericbrunson]

usermod -s /path/to/shell username

 

[flugh]

Don't some FTP daemons have some sort of /etc/ftpusers file?

Ahh, google for 'proftpd ftpusers' pointed me at:

http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/contrib/ProFTPD-mini-HOWTO-Authentication.html

Nice link from there to:

http://www.proftpd.org/docs/directives/linked/config_ref_Anonymous.html

Check those out. Looks to be like enough to get you up and running.

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JBR