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I have inherited a server where ProFTPD is installed. I can login to it with account joe_test and its password - but the problem is there is no such user as joe_test in /etc/passwd. If I do ls -la of /var/ftp then /var/ftp/joe_test is: drwxr-xr-x 11 2022 ftpgroup 512 Jul 31 13:13 joe_test as you can see 2022 is user id. My question is - where ProFTPD is storing it's passwd? (as I guess it have its own passwd file.)

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Direct from the proftpd docs:

Question: If virtual users are not defined in the system /etc/passwd file, then where are they defined?

Answer: There are several other locations where user information can be stored, e.g. AuthUserFiles, LDAP directories, SQL databases, and RADIUS servers. Note that virtual users are not defined in the proftpd.conf file directly.

So the answer is "It depends". You'll need to look at your /etc/proftpd.conf file to determine which method(s) are in use.

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  • thanks. it seems that this configuration uses MySQL. what a stupid way to do it - any specific reason to do SQL quota rather than set size limit in `ftpd` configuration, eh? – Mark Zakred Jul 31 '13 at 12:11