By RL Gieling
I’m trying to login by FTP to my WordPress OneClickInstall droplet, but I can’t seem to get the configuration correct. I read multiple tutorials on the subject on DigitalOcean as well as the Ubuntu forums - still it doesn’t work. Here is what I have done so far and the results:
- Installed proftpd (as root)
- Edited the proftpd.conf file and restarted the service (as mentioned here - except for uncommenting the “DefaultRoot” line)
- Logged into the droplet as root, created a new user and gave it sudo rights
- Got the 530-error when trying to login as the new user via FileZilla
- Commented the default user and group in proftpd.conf as mentioned here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1104166&p=7517447#post7517447
- Got the “ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server” error
- The log files either say incorrect password or ProFTPD killed (signal 15)
The password entered seems to be correct (since I copy-paste it).
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Dear Kamal,
Thanks for your reply. Somehow it worked after a good night sleep, added another user account and restarted the proftpd service. Now just need to configure it so the ftp account can’t access all the files on the server…
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