As you may see the vsftpd.conf still exists and it specifies which is the users’ conf dir. The users configuration files are “per se” as i wrote them.
Please note that this config is for virtual users. The apache’s user www-data will also not be able to upload files but only READ them. Setting umask to 033 should give the directory owner read/write permissions, but only read permissions to everyone else. If you want other permissions for the webmaster config you will need to tweak the local_umask value.

Regards
Andy

first of all, this is a great tutorial, thanks for that!

I have two question regarding the second chapter.
Should the webmaster file only contains the local_root and local_umask settings, or should the configuration of the normal and admin files be merged to it?

I’ve added the vsftpd user to the www-data group, so the user has the possibility to wright files to /var/www.
The problem is, all of my directories are chmodded to 755 by default, so another user as www-data can’t upload files.
What would you suggest to do? Change all directory rights to 775?

I’m looking forward to your answer.

Regards,

Daniel