Now your FTP server is up and running. It is time to add additional users to FTP server so that they can login into account to upload / download files. To add a user called tom and set the password, enter:
# adduser -c 'FTP USER Tom' -m tom
# passwd tom
Now tom can login using our ftp server. Make sure the following is set in vsftpd.conf
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Restart the vftpd:
# service vsftpd restart
However, I recommend setting virtual FTP user account to increase server security.
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These instructions seem to get the server running, but I’m unable to connect with any local user. It keeps telling me my password is invalid, even though I can ssh with that username/password just fine.
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message…
Response: 220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
Command: USER ftpuser
Response: 331 Please specify the password.
Command: PASS ********
Response: 530 Login incorrect.
I had the same issue. I had to add the ftp users to the ‘ftp’ group:
# gpasswd -a ftpuser ftp
and then it worked.
Hi..can we predefine path of the user directory instead of /home/tom ?
thanks
For a new user you would do:
# useradd -m -G ftp -s /sbin/nologin -d /home/ftpuser ftpuser
(This also sets the login shell to /sbin/nologin which effectively disables ssh login for the account.)
For an existing user you would do:
# usermod ftpuser -G ftp -s /sbin/nologin -d /home/ftpuser
You can define directory while creating UNIX/ Linux user account.
Using the pam file and virtual users with SSL/TLS, would i have to use the user_config_dir= option to set specifics for those users so they have seperate login directories, since those users aren’t in the centos users account, but in the separate pam database file?
Q:how to remove the ftp account?
it wont let me upload anything, i am using filezilla, it says error 553 could not create file and 550 could not change directory
this is the usual ‘type it in’ and hope for the best.
surely a gui os like suse should at least have a simple gui to add authenticated ftp users
Guys, note!!! /etc/shells MUST have /sbin/nologin in it, otherwise, you’ll get Login Failed
Sorry, NOT /sbin/nologin, but valid shell
I get this when I try to log on:
500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/pete
hi i want to know on
1. On a network how we can create a ftp server and group
and
2.How we can allocate (provide) specific space for sftp server .
hi i want to know on
1. On a network how we can create a ftp server and group
and
2.How we can allocate (provide) specific space for sftp server .