Create FTP Account outside of users home directory?

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I have a directory that I want to access personally via FTP, I am the server admin.

The directory is not even in the home directory or any sub dir of it.

How can I setup an FTP account for myself so I can access this directory?

I tried doing it under the users control panel but it wouldn't let me.

I created a sym link from the home dir of the user account to the dir I want to access. When I FTP using the regular default FTP account, I see the sym links but can't get to them.

I saw another thread asking this same question but didn't see a solution in that thread.

Thanks..
 
Set up a user manually.

Then change the /etc/passwd file so that the directory in question is the directory you want to be able to get into.

All the files and the directory itself have to be writable by a group, and you have to make your user a member of that group (/etc/group).

I don't remember if you have to make a change to the proftpd.conf file or not.

Anyone else?

Jeff
 
im bumping this since i would like to know this aswell, telus link is dead and i tried following instruction on http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/creating-ftp-account-within-linux
but that didnt work

i have proftpd
on group and passwd the user and group is already there so im not sure what im doign wrong
on log it shows

Jun 23 06:52:05 zer2 - USER testuser: no such user found from 77.xxxx [77.xxxx] to ::ffff:gf
 
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