Re: [Proftpd-user] chdir, permission denied

[Mattias B <br...@lu...>]

OK. That explains it. Thanks!

John Morrissey wrote:
> 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