Adding a user to proFTPD

[Red Dragon]

How exactly can I added a new user to proFTPD on a new setup?

[Nobbie]

proftpd uses the Linux Users for login (the same UserIDs that are known on your Linux).

Under Linux, UserIds can be created via the useradd command. See your Linux manual.

[Red Dragon]

well I didn't think I needed to create a new Linux user just to add another account to proFTPD but I then I found that you can use Virtual Users. I got it working with two users now but I would like to know how I can have them access two different Directories. One ftp account for one folder and another account for another folder so that I can run two websites on my server?

[Red Dragon]

I found how to add virtual users with different Directories but my problem is that I know that xampp runs on the daemon user but the the files added by the virtual users are own by them. Is there a way to have the files uploaded by virtual users to be owned by the daemon user?

[Nobbie]

but the the files added by the virtual users are own by them. Is there a way to have the files uploaded by virtual users to be owned by the daemon user?

Are your sure? How can a file be owned by a "Virtual User" (which is only known to proftpd, but not to the system!)? Files are owned by the known users of the Linux system. I think, that all files belong to the "daemon" user, which is the only known user in your linux.

[Red Dragon]

lol the answer was so simple. No, the files are added as the UID the Virtual User has. All I had to do was to set the UID of the Virtual Users to be the same as the UID of the daemon user.

[Nobbie]

lol the answer was so simple. No, the files are added as the UID the Virtual User has. All I had to do was to set the UID of the Virtual Users to be the same as the UID of the daemon user.

If there is "VIrtualUser" with a real UID, it is no Virtual User, it is a real user. It sounds very strange. What is the difference between a "Virtual User" and normal user?

[Red Dragon]

I don't really understand it was well but the files uploaded by the virtual user had the owner of them being the UID of the virtual user