I can not seem to get proftpd to work on my server, following these directions:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-proftpd-on-ubuntu-12-04
When I try to start proftpd, nothing happens…
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Please use SSH/SCP/SFTP/rsync-over-ssh instead of FTP: http://www.43folders.com/2008/07/14/dump-ftp
Ok, let me start with the problem, and how I came to proftpd - I have sftp running, port 22, login and transfer works fine.
I want to be able to add another user, who can FTP files, but is jailed to one directory (ie can not list or see any directories above)
You should really use the right permissions using chmod/chown, which will prevent anyone from reading files or directories. But, if you insist on chrooting, see http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/03/chroot-sftp-setup/