ftp.md

Create User/FTP account

Create group:

sudo groupadd clients

Create user:

sudo adduser john

sudo useradd -m john -g www-data -s /usr/sbin/nologin
sudo useradd -m john -g clients -s /usr/sbin/nologin

Always use adduser and deluser (when deleting users)

What is the difference between the commands adduser and useradd on Ubuntu?

useradd is native binary compiled with the system. But, adduser is a perl script which uses useradd binary in back-end. adduser is more user friendly and interactive than its back-end useradd. There's no difference in features provided. useradd command wont create '/home/username' directory but adduser command will, but useradd with the -m option will create the home directory.

Set user password:

sudo passwd john

Set user root:

sudo chown root /home/john

Create folder:

sudo mkdir /home/john/www

Change ownership of created folder:

sudo chown john:clients /home/john/www

Delete all instances of user (delete user):

sudo userdel -r john
sudo userdel john
sudo rm -rf /home/john

Create the user like this:

sudo adduser ftpuser

Change ownership:

sudo chown root:root /home/ftpuser
sudo chown root:root /var/www/site


sudo mkdir /home/ftpuser/files

sudo chown ftpuser:ftpuser /home/ftpuser/files
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/site

Change permissions:

chmod 755 /var/www/site

Change user home directory:

sudo usermod -d /var/www/site john

Change user password:

sudo passwd john