2 Nov
2008
2 Nov
'08
11:04 a.m.
ludo1960(a)lycos.co.uk wrote:
Hello Bitfolkers,
Just to let you know that after a re-install everything went spiffingly!
Thanks Andy and the rest of you for your knd help.
No mail would be complete without a question:
I've installed Proftpd (from SSH! Hee hee, no more webmin for me!)
In the proftpd.conf it says:
# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User proftpd
Group nogroup
So I created a user ludo1960 and gave him a password and made him a
member of the group nogroup.
In the /var/www folder I created an .ftpaccess file:
<Limit APPE DELE MKD RMD RNTO STOR XMKD XRMD>
DenyAll
AllowUser ludo1960
</Limit>
From filezilla I tried to connect to the server and directory mentioned,
but error 503 cannot connect!
Hmmm, is it an permissions thing?
The first question I would ask is why you want an ftp server at all?
Are you intending to serve files out with it, or just use it to copy
stuff onto your server. If the latter then I'd uninstall it and just
use scp. If you want to move a lot of files (e.g. maintain a local copy
of your web pages and then update them onto the server) then rsync
(running over ssh) suggests itself.
Going back to your original problem, it's usually best to eliminate GUI
tools from your testing. What happens if you try to do "ftp
<yourhost>.bitfolk.com" and login as your selected user?
HTH
John