For security reasons, running ProFTPD as an unprivileged user and group is encouraged. groupadd proftpd && useradd -c proftpd -d /home/ftp -g proftpd -s /bin/false proftpd Install ProFTPD by running the following commands: install_user=proftpd install_group=proftpd \    ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \    --localstatedir=/var/run && make && make install