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Goulash
Asked: 2012-02-27 14:16:04 +0800 CST

How do I add a new VSFTPD user? (Not working)

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I am trying to make a new VSFTPD user but there apears to be a lack of documentation explaing how to make a new user + pass and assign them to a specific directory.

Does anyone perhaps know a simple way to doing this?

At the moment I just created a new user and this is my vsftpd.conf file but I get 530 login authenication error

listen=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
virtual_use_local_privs=YES
write_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd
pam_service_name=vsftpd
guest_enable=YES
user_sub_token=$USER
local_root=/var/lib/
chroot_local_user=YES
hide_ids=YES
listen_port=201
10.04 server vsftpd

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    edit /etc/vsftpd.conf

    Adjust the following

    local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES (this is to allow uploading)

    Now create a system user (useradd ..) and that user will be able to ftp to your server. check out the vsftpd.conf to make it more secure (chroot, ...)

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