ProFTPD Virtual User Setup with AuthUserFile

Sep 10, 2009
  1. Edit or add following to proftpd.conf
    AuthOrder mod_auth_file.c
    AuthUserFile /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd
    AuthGroupFile /etc/proftpd/ftpd.group
    RequireValidShell off
  2. Get uid and gid
    cat /etc/passwd | grep <username>
    cat /etc/group | grep <groupname>
  3. Add users to ftpd.passwd
    ftpasswd --uid <uid> --gid <gid> --gecos "Full Name" --name <username> --shell /bin/false --home <path> --passwd
  4. Add Groups to ftpd.group
    ftpasswd --gid <gid> --name <groupname> --group
  5. Add members to a group
    ftpasswd --gid <gid> --name <groupname> --member <membername> --group
  6. Set permissions on the ftpd.passwd and ftpd.group files
    chmod 400 /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd /etc/proftpd/ftpd.group
    chown proftpd.nogroup /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd /etc/proftpd/ftpd.group
  7. Restart ProFTPD
    /etc/init.d/proftpd restart
[ Reference(s): Link1, Link2 ]

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