configuring vsftpd

[WackyIraqi]

I seem to be having troubles configuring the ftp server in CentOS. I have tried creating a new user, and assigning him to the group "ftp" but this just seems to let him have read only access. The only way I have been able to access the server through ftp is removing root from the block list. Any suggestions?

[Edge100x]

Are the permissions set correctly on the game server? You will want all of its files to be owned by the same user that you are logging in as through FTP, and you will also need it to be running as that user.

To change the owner of an entire directory tree, use a command like this:

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chown -R yourftpuser:ftp /usr/steam

To start the server as another user, use a command like this:

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su yourftpuser -c "./hlds_run -game cstrike -port 27015..."