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4. Configure ProFTPd:

ProFTPd main configuration file is /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf. On Debian, proFTPd over the capability of including files from the main configuration file. Thus, we are going to create a file call /etc/proftpd/mysql.conf which we will include from the main file.
This has the advantage that if the new config is not working, we can easily comment our include and fall back to the previous config.

So, get ready with your favorite text editor, edit /etc/proftpd/mysql.conf and put the following inside:

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Using ProFTPD and its SQL module for MySQL, it is possible to give FTP access to non system users.
By doing so, one can give access to a Virtual User which is only allowed to use the FTP service.

This Tutorial will show how to create and populate the user and group tables as well as configure proftpd in order to use the MySQL backend.

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