Monday, July 14, 2008

ubuntu pure-ftpd add user

first time to add a user, log something here

1. use apt-get to install pure-ftpd
sudo apt-get install pure-ftpd pure-ftpd-common


2. create ftpuser group
sudo groupadd ftpgroup
useradd -g ftpgroup -d /dev/null -s /etc ftpuser


3. create user
sudo
pure-pw useradd friends -u ftpuser -d /home/ftpusers/friends
sudo pure-pw mkdb
cd /etc/pure-ftpd/auth/
sudo ln -s ../conf/PureDB 60pdb


4. restart server
sudo /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart

5. create the virtual user root directory
sudo mkdir /home/ftpusers/friends

sudo chmod 777 -R /home/ftpusers/friends

done

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