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sudo chown proftpd /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd sudo chmod o-r /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd sudo service proftpd start

At this stage proFTPd is running but I am unable to log in,

sudo chmod o+r /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd

And now I can log in to FTP However if I change the permission on the ftpd.passwd to sudo chmod o+r /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd before I start the proFTPd , the proFTPd won't start and will give me the error:

mod_auth_file/1.0: unable to use world-readable AuthUserFile '/etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd': Operation not permitted Fatal: AuthUserFile: unable to use /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd: Operation not permitted on line 36 of '/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf'

What my suspicion is that proFTPd is not a member of a specific group, if I execute:

groups proftpd

proftpd : nogroup is the reply.

Any ideas?

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  • What are the permissions of the file when the service won't start?
    – stevieb
    Aug 10, 2015 at 15:12
  • -rw-r--r-- 1 proftpd root Aug 10 13:18 ftpd.passwd ===> proftpd won't start -rw-r----- 1 proftpd root Aug 10 13:18 ftpd.passwd ==> ProFTP starts, but unable to login after ProFTPd started I change the permission again back to -rw-r--r-- and it works/I can log in to FTP
    – elemer82
    Aug 10, 2015 at 16:02

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All you have to do is change permissions of password file.

sudo chmod o-rwx /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd

sudo service proftpd start

(alternative way: sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd start)

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