ProFTPD | Add group and user FTP

[Jasper Frumau]

When I try to connect to ProFTPD locally I get:

$ ftp jasper at localhost
Trying ::1...
ftp: Can't connect to `::1': Connection refused
Trying fe80::1%lo0...
ftp: Can't connect to `fe80::1%lo0': Connection refused
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
220 ProFTPD 1.3.2c Server (ProFTPD Default Installation) [127.0.0.1]
331 Password required for jasper
Password:
530 Login incorrect.
ftp: Login failed
ftp> exit
221 Goodbye.

I used my standard account password so maybe that is not the one to use.
Which one is it then?

The I Googled some more and:

$ cd /etc/
Jaspers-MacBook-Pro:etc jasper$ ls | grep ftp
ftpd.conf
ftpusers
Jaspers-MacBook-Pro:etc jasper$ cat ftpusers
# list of users disallowed any ftp access.
# read by ftpd(8).
Administrator
administrator
root
uucp
daemon
unknown
www

I am not in this list so not disallowed access. And I am in th ftp group:

$ dseditgroup ftp
dsAttrTypeStandard:GeneratedUID -
        7BD526DC-7116-445E-969C-9D7B78B31BE8
dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName -
        ftp
dsAttrTypeStandard:AppleMetaNodeLocation -
        /Local/Default
dsAttrTypeStandard:RealName -
        ftp
dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordType -
        dsRecTypeStandard:Groups
dsAttrTypeStandard:GroupMembers -
        408B96E2-6AEE-44B8-B39E-F9870C5A9E09
dsAttrTypeStandard:Password -
        *
dsAttrTypeStandard:GroupMembership -
        jasper
dsAttrTypeStandard:PrimaryGroupID -
        503


I checked ftpd.conf:

$ sudo cat /etc/ftpd.conf
# match umask from Mac OS X Server ftpd
umask all 022

Nothing special there....

So what password do I need and where is it stored?

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Jasper Frumau <jasperfrumau at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Jasper Frumau <jasperfrumau at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>
> When I checked /etc/passwd one more time I read:
>
>  cat /etc/passwd
> ##
> # User Database
> #
> # Note that this file is consulted directly only when the system is running
> # in single-user mode.  At other times this information is provided by
> # Open Directory.
> #
> # This file will not be consulted for authentication unless the BSD local
> node
> # is enabled via /Applications/Utilities/Directory Utility.app
> #
> # See the DirectoryService(8) man page for additional information about
> # Open Directory.
>
> I cannot find an app Directory Utility in my Snow Leopard apps though. I am
> reading more about Open Directory and Mac now...
>
>
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