I have been having good success with vsftpd instead of proftpd, here is my vsftpd.conf file. I installed chrooted to prevents SFTP users from getting to the root directory. Code: ftp_username=root listen=YES listen_ipv6=NO anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES local_umask=022 dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES idle_session_timeout=600 data_connection_timeout=120 ## #Welcome Banner ## ftpd_banner=Welcome to FTP service. deny_email_enable=NO chroot_local_user=YES # users to NOT chroot(). chroot_list_enable=NO secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd ## #Authentication is done through PAM to ISP config ## pam_service_name=vsftpd ## #Set up for SSL access conections ## rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key ## #This hides the .filenames in the folders ## force_dot_files=NO ## #Enable SSL, a very good thing ## ssl_enable=YES allow_anon_ssl=NO ## #Have to leave these as NO so that the web-ftp in ispconfig can access ftp folders ## force_local_data_ssl=NO force_local_logins_ssl=NO ssl_tlsv1=YES ssl_sslv2=NO ssl_sslv3=NO # Filezilla uses port 21 if you don't set any port # in Servertype "FTPES - FTP over explicit TLS/SSL" # Port 990 is the default used for FTPS protocol. # Uncomment it if you want/have to use port 990. ## #Since I can only use either 21 or 990 I will use port 21. #I used a port forward on my firewall to match port 990 --> port 21 ## #listen_port=990 ## #I didn't use pasv becuase I only want people to use SFTP or FTPS. #I only need FTP for the ISPConfig web interface which is on the local server. #I should set up a rule to only allow local listening for FTP unsecure. ## #pasv_min_port=12000 #pasv_max_port=12100
