i have a linux CENTOS server i tried to install ISPCONFIG3 everything works, except i cannot connect to my fpt account. i am using WS_FTP pro as my client

i fallowed the perfect installation steps including how to install proftpd:


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13 ProFTPd

ISPConfig has better support for proftpd than vsftpd, so let's remove vsftpd:

yum remove vsftpd


Because CentOS has no proftpd package, we have to compile Proftpd manually:

cd /tmp/

wget --passive-ftp ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/distrib/source/proftpd-1.3.0a.tar.gz

tar xvfz proftpd-1.3.0a.tar.gz

cd proftpd-1.3.0a/

./configure --sysconfdir=/etc

make

make install

cd ..

rm -fr proftpd-1.3.0a*


The proftpd binary gets installed in /usr/local/sbin, but we need it in /usr/sbin, so we create a symlink:

ln -s /usr/local/sbin/proftpd /usr/sbin/proftpd


Now create the init script /etc/init.d/proftpd:

vi /etc/init.d/proftpd



#!/bin/sh
# $Id: proftpd.init,v 1.1 2004/02/26 17:54:30 thias Exp $
#
# proftpd This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
# proftpd.
#
# chkconfig: - 80 30
# description: ProFTPD is an enhanced FTP server with a focus towards \
# simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. \
# It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, \
# and a highly customizable server infrastructure, \
# including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, \
# anonymous FTP, and permission-based directory visibility.
# processname: proftpd
# config: /etc/proftp.conf
# pidfile: /var/run/proftpd.pid

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0

[ -x /usr/sbin/proftpd ] || exit 0

RETVAL=0

prog="proftpd"

start() {
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
daemon proftpd
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/proftpd
}

stop() {
echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "
killproc proftpd
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/proftpd
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status proftpd
RETVAL=$?
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
condrestart)
if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/proftpd ]; then
stop
start
fi
;;
reload)
echo -n $"Re-reading $prog configuration: "
killproc proftpd -HUP
RETVAL=$?
echo
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart|status}"
exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL


Then we make the init script executable:

chmod 755 /etc/init.d/proftpd


Next we open /etc/proftpd.conf and change Group to nobody:

vi /etc/proftpd.conf


[...]
Group nobody
[...]


For security reasons you can also add the following lines to /etc/proftpd.conf (thanks to Reinaldo Carvalho; more information can be found here: http://proftpd.org/localsite/Userguide/linked/userguide.html):

vi /etc/proftpd.conf


[...]
DefaultRoot ~
IdentLookups off
ServerIdent on "FTP Server ready."
[...]


Now we can create the system startup links for Proftpd:

chkconfig --levels 235 proftpd on


And finally we start Proftpd:

/etc/init.d/proftpd start

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