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===ProFTPd knowledge===

==Installation==
Tested on proftpd-1.3.1 & CentOS 5
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./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --enable-auth-pam --enable-dso
make && make install
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==Basic Configurations==
After the above installation, a sample config file will be created in /etc/proftpd.conf. It should be a good starter.

==chroot support==
Add these to proftpd.conf's global area
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DefaultRoot ~ testgp,users
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==Virtual user support==
First, create the proftpd.passwd and proftpd.group with the ftpasswd utility inside contrib. e.g. create a group called **testgp** and a user called **tester**
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ftpasswd --group --gid 5001 --file /etc/proftpd.group --name testgp

ftpasswd --passwd --file proftpd.passwd --name tester --uid 1001 --gid 5001 --home /var/ftp/tester --shell /sbin/nologin
mkdir -p /var/ftp/tester
chgrp 5001 /var/ftp/tester
chmod 755 /var/ftp/tester
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Finally, add these directives to proftpd.conf and restart
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AuthUserFile /etc/proftpd.passwd
AuthGroupFile /etc/proftpd.group
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== Per user setting sample==

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# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
DefaultRoot ~

# performance settings
UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off
TimeoutLogin 120
TimeoutIdle 600
TimeoutNoTransfer 900
TimeoutStalled 3600
TransferLog /var/log/xferlog

# per user setting - required mod_ifsession
<IfUser datapipe coompdim>
# disallow download
<Directory ~>
<Limit READ LIST>
DenyAll
</Limit>
</Directory>

# Limit read in the incoming directory
<Directory ~/incoming>
<Limit WRITE>
AllowAll
</Limit>
</Directory>
</IfUser>
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