yeah, it's weird.. i've done the following to no avail:
added new user 'sysadmin'
edited /etc/passwd/ to give home directory of /home
edited /etc/group
added use sysadmin manually to all the account, including ftp (and root even though that wont accept it)...
a 'groups sysadmin' displays all the accounts
via FTP i can see the home directories of all the users, and can access them, but a ls is denied
changed a user's home to 751 allows me to then see the insides, and to access public_html , but from that point creation and deletion is denied. I don't want to change too much around for fear of messing up permissions and/or making it unsecured.
Though I don't see why if I've added that user to a group, they're not allowed to enter/view/edit/delete files.
I've reset proftpd many times during this to no avail.
... anyone else?