To add a chrooted FTP user outside of Plesk properly, you need to:
- Create the user with the home directory as the root of what they can access
- Give the user a password
- Make their primary group psacln
- Add them to the psaserv group as well
# useradd username -d /var/www/html/website/slideshow/
# echo "password" | passwd username --stdin
Changing password for user username.
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
# usermod -g psacln username
# usermod -G psaserv username
# lftp username:password@localhost
lftp username@localhost:/> cd ..
lftp username@localhost:/>
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Thank You for the post.
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There is an easier way to do this. Simply oper /etc/proftpd.conf and add this line:
after this one:
Substitute group with the user group to chroot in their home directories.
Don't forget you need to be logged in at the root baby
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right. ( i did so I am adding the comment for me when I come back in a year to add another user)