Re: pure-ftpd: anonymous users can't log in (Re: Where does pure-ftpd store files when anonymous logs in?)

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM hw <hw@adminart.net> wrote:
>
> So I have created the ftp user with a home directory to use for files
> from the anonymous user.  But still pure-ftpd is, contrary to the man
> page, asking for a password and the login fails.
>
> Why is this not working?

You probably missed a step somewhere along the line.

> And why is is so difficult and troublesome on Debian?  It wasn't an
> issue at all on Fedora.

I have no idea why you are having so much trouble.

Please post your configuration file.

Jeff