How to Setup FTP with ProFTPD in Webmin

After installing Webmin on a VPS, you may be wondering how to add and configure FTP users. With Webmin it is not a one-click process, but the procedure is still fairly simple. To install proftpd and add a user, follow these steps:

Login to webmin at http://xx.xx.xx.xx:10000 (may be https:// for Debian/Ubuntu system)
Access the Webmin Modules option via Webmin > Webmin Configuration
Select Standard module from www.webmin.com
Click the button on the right of that option
Choose: proftpd
Click Install Module
On the left sidebar, after installation, click Refresh Modules
Click Create a new user accessed via System > Users and Groups
Provide a username for what is to be your FTP account
Select Normal Password and provide a unique, complex password for the account
If desired, select a custom home directory, otherwise choose Create home directory near the bottom of the options.
Select New Group with same name as user
Click Create
Once this is done, you should be able to access FTP with the username
and password you selected, using your server's IP address as the host.

How to fix the FTP time out error

How to resolve the error :

[bash]!connection failed xx.xx.xxx.xxx – connection timed out
!connectio:error 0
PORT xxx,xxx,x,x,x,xxx
500 Illegal PORT command
!Failed "port"
!Retrieve of folder listing failed (0)[/bash]

This  error occurs when we are able to connect using FTP but folder listing fails!
Resolution:
1)Login to the WHM==> FTP Server Selection
2)change the FTP server to Pure-FTPD from PRO-FTP  ==>  Save
3)Now ssh into the server as root and open the pure-ftp conf file /etc/pure-ftpd.conf
4)Find the FTP port no: used the “PassivePortRange” from the config file
5)Add the port range into the config file
for eg :

[bash][/bash]PassivePortRange 30000 40000[bash][/bash]

6)Save and quit
7)Open the  csf(firewall) config file, add the ftp port along with the passive port range
eg :

[bash][/bash]# Allow incoming TCP ports
TCP_IN = “20,22,25,53,80,110,143,443,465,587,993,995,2001,2077,2078,2082,2083,2086,2087,
2095,2096,30000:40000″[bash][/bash]

8)Restart csf & Pure-ftpd