Howto create an ftp account
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if you use proftpd as ftp deamon, create the httpasswd file:
# htpasswd -c [filename] [accountname]
in
/var/ftpauth/ftppasswd
add new line from [filename] followed by
:userid :groupid :web:/this/is/the/path/to/the/docroot :/dev/null
e.g.:
accountname:pAsSwOrD:1001:33:web:/wwwroot/accountname:/dev/null
userid and groupid will be the user and group, the ftp accound will be using.

