Thread: Easy way to add FTP account?

Well there are many ways to do this. You didn't mention what *nix version you were using. But something similar to the following would work. Keep in mind that good practice would also include adding extra security or symbolic links as noted above.

# Create a FTP user group. eg: ftpaccounts
$ /usr/sbin/groupadd ftpaccounts

# Add a new user to this group, and set the default path of that user to /home/user/
$ /usr/sbin/adduser -g ftpaccounts -d /home/user/account2

#Set a password for the newley created user
$ passwd account2

# set ownership of /home/user to the account2 and ftpaccounts
$ chown account2:ftpaccounts /home/user

# Give Read/Write access to account2 and all members in ftpaccounts
$ chmod 775 /home/user

# Edit /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf file and make sure 'local_enable=YES' is enabled i.e. uncommented

# Restart the proftpd service
$ /etc/init.d/proftpd restart