Don't use xinetd to start it -- do it through standalone mode and compile it with PAM and libwrap support. I assume you can see what you should change below :) Make sure permissions are correct on your incoming/ directory. ---- ServerName "ProFTPD Veldy.net Installation" ServerType standalone DefaultServer on Port 21 Umask 022 MaxInstances 10 User nobody Group nogroup <Directory /*> AllowOverwrite on </Directory> <Anonymous ~ftp> User ftp Group ftp UserAlias anonymous ftp MaxClients 10 RequireValidShell off DisplayLogin welcome.msg DisplayFirstChdir .message <Limit WRITE> DenyAll </Limit> <Directory incoming/*> <Limit READ> DenyAll </Limit> <Limit STOR> AllowAll </Limit> </Directory> </Anonymous> --- Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brady Hegberg" <bradyh at bitstream.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:07 PM Subject: [TCLUG] ProFTPD Setup > I'm trying to get ProFTP working on my Redhat 7.1 system and I'm having problems. I can ftp in and I can get files but I can't write them. > > I've been changing the proftpd.conf file to different configurations and > restarting xinetd but it doesn't seem to change what happens when I log > in. Is there something else I have to restart? > > If I put this section in my proftpd.conf file would it allow user > webuser to ftp in and ftp files to and from their home directory? I've > been reading through the manuals and I can't figure out why it says > "Anonymous" when it requires a userid/password. > > <Anonymous ~webuser> > User webuser > Group webuser > AnonRequirePassword on > > MaxClients 3 > > <Directory ./*> > <Limit READ> > AllowAll > </Limit> > > <Limit STOR> > AllowAll > </Limit> > > </Directory> > </Anonymous> > > Thanks, > Brady > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >