Re: [Proftpd-user] chdir, permission denied

[John M. <jw...@pr...>]

On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 01:12:31PM +0200, Mattias B wrote:
% /etc/proftps.passwd contains one line:
% brazze:$1$xydLLeaa$DI/4nnXlwo04tCiKRcFUP/:1001:1001::/var/priv_ftp:/bin/false
% 
% /etc/proftpd.group contains one line:
% ftpusers:x:1001:
% 
% Now when I try to login as user brazze it doesn't work. The log tells me 
% that:
% Oct  1 13:07:23 tjocksmock proftpd[670]: 
% tjocksmock(tjocksmock[127.0.0.1]) - brazze chdir("/var/priv_ftp"): 
% Permission denied
% 
% I suppose that my permissions on /var/priv_ftp is wrong somehow. Am I 
% correct in assuming that when brazze logs in the daemon will run as user 
% nobody? I have tried setting the owner of /var/privftp to nobody but I 
% got the same result.

It will run as 1001/1001, which is the UID/GID combination you specified in
your AuthUserFile. Make sure 1001/1001 can chdir to /var/priv_ftp/.

john
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