How to configur proftpd for webmaster
OS: Debian 10 Install an FTP-server using proftpd #apt-get install proftpd Change the user and group owner of /var/www is www-data and add full permission to user and group. #chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/ #chmod -R 775 /var/www Add a user called "webmaster" with the password "$3curE" and the root directory is the same directory as the web-root /var/www #useradd -d /var/www -s /bin/false webmaster #passwd webmaster Add a webmaster user to the www-data group as primary group. #usermod -g www-data webmaster Configure proftpd.conf - User must not leave its home directory. - Disable shell access for webmaster. - When uploading files, the group is set to www-data. DefaultRoot ~ RequireValidShell off #service proftpd restart