New FTP user

[Valer]

Hello,

I would like to create a new FTP user ‘fogbackup’. Lock (jail) on own home directory.

Install: Debian 9 + FOG Project 1.5.4

I use:

useradd fogbackup 
passwd fogbackup
usermod -d /home/fogbackup/ fogbackup
service vsftp restart

Use FTP client (WinSCP from MS Windows) and can’t login: authentication error.
I read wiki: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_FTP
And as FOG user i can login successful.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for help

[Sebastian Roth]

@Valer said in New FTP user:

useradd fogbackup

That command does not create the user’s home directory (it does if you would have added the -m parameter). The following might do the trick:

mkdir /home/fogbackup/
chown fogbackup:fogbackup /home/fogbackup/

If not then run tail -f /var/log/auth.log while trying to log in via FTP. This should give us some more information on why it does not allow the user to authenticate.

[Valer]

Solution my problem:

1. tips of Sebastian Roth:

mkdir /home/fogbackup/
chown fogbackup:fogbackup /home/fogbackup/

2. change config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

vsftpd_log_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
log_ftp_protocol=YES
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
ssl_enable=YES
force_local_data_ssl=NO
force_local_logins_ssl=NO