[NTLUG:Discuss] vsftp group setting

[Leroy Tennison]

m m wrote:
> All:
>  
> How do I do on vsftp configuration to make a default uploaded file or directory group owner as "ftp" but not "50".I have a vsftp running. every time the ftp user logged in and upload file or create a folder, the group is default to 50.
> I want it created as "ftp" (or other name) group by default.
> here is the setting on the vsftp.cong
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> local_umask=027 
> write_enable=YES
> chroot_local_user=YES
> guest_enable=YES
> guest_username=user1  (linux user, was ftp)
> hide_ids=YES
> listen=YES
> local_enable=YES
> pam_service_name=vsftp
> session_support=NO
> use_localtime=YES
> user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/users
> userlist_enable=YES
> userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd/user_list
> virtual_use_local_privs=YES
> xferlog_enable=YES
> chown_uploads=YES
> chown_username=user1
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> Any comments are welcome.Thanks.
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If you have a common location or finite set of locations for uploads you 
should be able to 'chmod g+s <group name>' after setting the group to 
own/write to the directory.

At first I thought this was too simple but I think I see your issue: Why 
is the group owner being reported as 50 rather than ftp?  I've seen this 
in LDAP situations when the ID (user or group) was from LDAP but the 
LDAP server wasn't on line.

A couple of "wild ideas":  What does /etc/nsswitch.conf have for 
'group', anything preceding 'files'?  Is any other remote authentication 
service (such as Samba) configured but unavailable (they would have to 
have a ftp group which is unlikely)?  The only other idea is (on a test 
machine) to delete/re-create either the ftp user or group and see if 
that makes a difference (assumes the user/group is re-created with 
something other than 50 as it's ID).