Hello about proftpd

[montys]

So I am new one hear I need to make an ftp server so I use proftpd ok i insstaled it and how should I configure it ?? I need to make wit one user who has password and he can only apload files plz give some commands how should I too that

[iwanabeguru]

Read the howto in the proftpd documentation.
Install the package proftpd-doc
apt-get install proftpd-doc

you can find the docs in the /usr/share/doc/proftpd-doc directory you need the Configuration.htm/html , FTP.htm/html howto/some config htm/html.

Create a new user and the set this user in the global section .
here is my proftpd.conf

ServerName "Anubys"
ServerType standalone
Port 21
DefaultServer on
ShowSymlinks on
PassivePorts 49152 50152
AllowForeignAddress on

DefaultRoot "/mnt"
DefaultTransferMode binary
MaxInstances 10
AllowOverwrite on
MultilineRFC2228 on
ServerIdent on "Tibi's ftp server on host ANUBYS"
IdentLookups on
RootRevoke on

TimeOutIdle 600
TimeOutLogin 300
TimeoutNoTransfer 300

Umask 0222 0222

<Global /mnt/store/shared_data>
User friend
Group ftpuser
<Directory /mnt/store/shared_data>
<Limit LOGIN>
AllowGroup ftpuser
DenyGroup !ftpuser
AllowUser friend
DenyUser !friend
</Limit>
<Limit ALL>
AllowAll
</Limit>
<Limit DELE>
DenyAll
</Limit>
<Limit SITE_CHMOD>
AllowAll
</Limit>
</Directory>
DeleteAbortedStores on
DefaultRoot "/mnt"
DirFakeGroup on ftpuser
DirFakeUser on ftp
MaxClientsPerHost 3
MaxClientsPerUser 10
AllowStoreRestart on
AccessDenyMsg "A te kungfud nem eros "
AllowOverwrite on
Umask 0022 0022
</Global>

<Anonymous /mnt/store/shared_data>
User anonymous
Group ftpuser
<Directory *>
<Limit WRITE>
DenyAll
</Limit>
<Limit PORT RETR REST LIST NOOP>
AllowAll
</Limit>
</Directory>
<Limit LOGIN>
AllowGroup ftpuser
DenyGroup !ftpuser
</Limit>
DirFakeGroup on ftpuser
DirFakeUser on ftp
AccessDenyMsg "Sikertelen anonymous eleres. Login:anonymous ,Password:anonymous"
MaxClientsPerHost 1
MaxClientsPerUser 8
RequireValidShell off
AllowStoreRestart off
</Anonymous>

have fun!

[gg234]

check here for proftp server configuration in debian Read here

[ikkem]

check here for proftp server configuration in debian Read here

thanks for the link it realy helped out to configure proftpd security settings....