Don't use xinetd to start it -- do it through standalone mode and compile it
with PAM and libwrap support. I assume you can see what you should change
below :) Make sure permissions are correct on your incoming/ directory.
----
ServerName "ProFTPD Veldy.net Installation"
ServerType standalone
DefaultServer on
Port 21
Umask 022
MaxInstances 10
User nobody
Group nogroup
<Directory /*>
AllowOverwrite on
</Directory>
<Anonymous ~ftp>
User ftp
Group ftp
UserAlias anonymous ftp
MaxClients 10
RequireValidShell off
DisplayLogin welcome.msg
DisplayFirstChdir .message
<Limit WRITE>
DenyAll
</Limit>
<Directory incoming/*>
<Limit READ>
DenyAll
</Limit>
<Limit STOR>
AllowAll
</Limit>
</Directory>
</Anonymous>
---
Tom Veldhouse
veldy at veldy.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brady Hegberg" <bradyh at bitstream.net>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: [TCLUG] ProFTPD Setup
> I'm trying to get ProFTP working on my Redhat 7.1 system and I'm having
problems. I can ftp in and I can get files but I can't write them.
>
> I've been changing the proftpd.conf file to different configurations and
> restarting xinetd but it doesn't seem to change what happens when I log
> in. Is there something else I have to restart?
>
> If I put this section in my proftpd.conf file would it allow user
> webuser to ftp in and ftp files to and from their home directory? I've
> been reading through the manuals and I can't figure out why it says
> "Anonymous" when it requires a userid/password.
>
> <Anonymous ~webuser>
> User webuser
> Group webuser
> AnonRequirePassword on
>
> MaxClients 3
>
> <Directory ./*>
> <Limit READ>
> AllowAll
> </Limit>
>
> <Limit STOR>
> AllowAll
> </Limit>
>
> </Directory>
> </Anonymous>
>
> Thanks,
> Brady
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