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Hi all, hope you can help..

I want to create a new FTP user that has access to /opt/lampp/htdocs/{somefolder}

How do a create a new user with full permissions on a folder in the htdocs?

Is there a command that I can type in the console?

Thanks in advance,

Bobby

Hi,

you will have to create a new User on your System.
And this Users Homedir should be /opt/lampp/htdocs/<somedir>

Then goto /opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf and change the line:

DefaultRoot /opt/lampp/htdocs
to
DefaultRoot ~

save and restart proftpd.

So long
KriS

Kristian Marcroft wrote:Hi,

you will have to create a new User on your System.
And this Users Homedir should be /opt/lampp/htdocs/<somedir>

Then goto /opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf and change the line:

DefaultRoot /opt/lampp/htdocs
to
DefaultRoot ~

save and restart proftpd.

So long
KriS

Ok, So basically I have to create a system user, Thats ok

Can you add Users directly into the proftpd file, like you can with SlimFTPd?

Thanks for your help Kris, I will give it a go

Hi,

AFAIK you can also put them in the proftpd.conf
See the example of the user "nobody" in proftpd.conf
But I'm not sure, if this user has to exist.

So long
KriS

Kristian Marcroft wrote:Hi,

AFAIK you can also put them in the proftpd.conf
See the example of the user "nobody" in proftpd.conf
But I'm not sure, if this user has to exist.

So long
KriS

Ok thanks for the speedy reply,

Regards,

Bobby

Ok, So basically I have to create a system user, Thats ok
Can you add Users directly into the proftpd file, like you can with SlimFTPd?

http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/co ... ation.html
http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/co ... Users.html
http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/co ... Files.html