ProFTPD | Add group and user FTP

[Jasper Frumau]

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Glenn English <ghe at slsware.com> wrote:

>
> On Feb 7, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Jasper Frumau wrote:
>
> > I just added ProFTPD and I am adjusting the ProFTPD configuration file. I
> need to add ftp user and group. I went to system preferences > accounts and
> added group ftp. When I wanted to add user ftp it said the name was already
> reserved. I decided to abort and remove newly created group fpt.. So I guess
> a user ftp is already there.
>
> My understanding is that users 'ftp' and 'anonymous' are reserved for
> anonymous FTP, and are therefore disallowed for real users.


I see.


> They aren't real in that they aren't in the passwd file, but there is a
> /home/ftp directory,


There is now home/ftp directory on my Mac. I have:

$ pwd
/opt/local/bin
$ ls | grep ftp
ftpcount
ftpdctl
ftptop
ftpwho

Found those with hints in man proftpd



> created by the FTP server (I don't do anon FTP myself).
>

I guess U could turn that off (comment it out) too. I just use this local
FTP server to run some OS CMS locally for testing

>
> > How can I check this from the command line?
>
> 'cat /etc/passwd' -- the user names are the first thing in the lines.
> That's how it works on other unices, anyway. OS X seems to have put my
> username somewhere else; there are lots of names there, but I'm not in that
> list.


Mine isn't either


> Ask Google??
>

Will continue doing online research on showing ftp and ordinary user groups
in OSX. Thanks for the tips Glenn!

>
> --
> Glenn English
> ghe at slsware.com
>
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