I'm using the default configuration for proftpd on Linux Mint with only the following directive changed:
# Use this to jail all users in their homes
DefaultRoot ~
I created a user userftp
with the home directory as /home/userftp
.
Next, I mounted an NTFS partition to /home/userftp/files
.
I was able to ftp on to the home directory, but I cannot access the files
directory. on the server the permissions shown for the files
directory are '700'.
On running ls -l inside /home/userftp
, I get the following:
drwx------ 1 wretrovian wretrovian 4096 2011-12-25 16:49 files
I assume the problem is that the owner of the files directory should be userftp
and not wretrovian
. However, running sudo chmod 777 -R files
and sudo chown -R userftp files
have no effect on the directory, the output still remains:
drwx------ 1 wretrovian wretrovian 4096 2011-12-25 16:49 files
I suppose I wont be able to apply those permissions to an NTFS system, but is their a way I can change the owner of the files
directory? Or any other alternative would also be welcome..