Are you logging in with the email adress and password registered for your
Galaxy user acccount ?
The authentication happens against the Galaxy database.
Also keep an eye on your proftpd logs in case that wasn't the issue.

On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 19:25, Rui Wang <ruiwang...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Marius,
>
> Thanks for the note. The link you pasted is how I came up with the config
> in the original question. However it doesn't work...it kept saying my
> password is incorrect. :-(
>
> $ sftp  -oKexAlgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 -oPort=2222
> bioinfoadmin@localhost
> bioinfoadmin@localhost's password:
> Permission denied, please try again.
> bioinfoadmin@localhost's password:
> Permission denied, please try again.
> bioinfoadmin@localhost's password:
>
> Not sure why this would happen. :-( Have you seen this before?
>
> Cheers,
> Rui
>
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 10:49 PM Marius van den Beek <
> m.vandenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rui,
>>
>> there's a fairly complete explanation and example in in
>> https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/latest/admin/special_topics/ftp.html
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> Marius
>>
>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 07:35, Rui Wang <ruiwang...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Folks,
>>>
>>> I tried a few times with different configurations, but none worked. Did
>>> anyone have the successful experience that could share? :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Rui
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 1:43 PM Rui Wang <ruiwang...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking at the instructions of using ftp with proftpd. There is a
>>>> section talking about extending it to use sftp. However, the sample config
>>>> isn't comprehensive. I'm wondering if anyone has a working config for
>>>> reference?
>>>>
>>>> What's the setting of user and group? It says it should match the one
>>>> in the SQLNamedQuery, what does it mean exactly? I start proftpd as root,
>>>> but start galaxy as bioinfoadmin(normal user with sudo).
>>>>
>>>> Just fyi, my proftpd config module and config file are pasted below.
>>>> I'm working it out on a trial and error fashion, please feel free to point
>>>> out if anything is wrong!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Rui
>>>>
>>>> modules:
>>>> $ sbin/proftpd -l
>>>> Compiled-in modules:
>>>>   mod_core.c
>>>>   mod_xfer.c
>>>>   mod_rlimit.c
>>>>   mod_auth_unix.c
>>>>   mod_auth.c
>>>>   mod_ls.c
>>>>   mod_log.c
>>>>   mod_site.c
>>>>   mod_delay.c
>>>>   mod_facts.c
>>>>   mod_sql.c
>>>>   mod_sql_postgres.c
>>>>   mod_sql_passwd.c
>>>>   mod_sftp.c
>>>>   mod_cap.c
>>>>
>>>> etc/proftpd.conf
>>>>
>>>> ServerType                    standalone
>>>>   # You must put this in a virtual host if you want it to listen on its
>>>> own port. VHost != Apache Vhost.
>>>>   <VirtualHost 10.3.17.42>
>>>>     Port 2222
>>>>     SFTPEngine on
>>>>     AuthOrder mod_auth_unix.c mod_sql.c # If you don't do this you will
>>>> get weird disconnects
>>>>     SFTPHostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
>>>>     RequireValidShell no
>>>>     MaxLoginAttempts 6
>>>>     ServerName                      "Galaxy SFTP"
>>>>     DefaultServer                       on
>>>>     Umask                           077
>>>>     User                             bioinfoadmin
>>>>     Group                           bioinfoadmin
>>>>     UseFtpUsers off
>>>>     DefaultRoot                     ~
>>>>     AllowOverwrite                  on
>>>>     AllowStoreRestart               on
>>>>     SQLEngine                       on
>>>>     SQLGroupInfo                    sftp_groups name id members
>>>>
>>>> # Do not authenticate against real (system) users
>>>> <IfModule mod_auth_pam.c>
>>>> AuthPAM                         off
>>>> </IfModule>
>>>>
>>>> # Common SQL authentication options
>>>> SQLPasswordEngine               on
>>>> SQLBackend                      postgres
>>>> SQLConnectInfo                  gal...@galaxy.my.org:5432 bioinfoadmin
>>>> dbpwd
>>>> SQLAuthenticate                 users
>>>>
>>>> # Configuration that handles PBKDF2 encryption
>>>> # Set up mod_sql to authenticate against the Galaxy database
>>>> SQLAuthTypes                    PBKDF2
>>>> SQLPasswordPBKDF2               SHA256 10000 24
>>>> SQLPasswordEncoding             base64
>>>> SQLPasswordUserSalt             sql:/GetUserSalt
>>>>
>>>> # Define a custom query for lookup that returns a passwd-like entry.
>>>> Replace 512s with the UID and GID of the user running the Galaxy server
>>>> SQLUserInfo                     custom:/LookupGalaxyUser
>>>> SQLNamedQuery                   LookupGalaxyUser SELECT "email, (CASE
>>>> WHEN substring(password from 1 for 6) = 'PBKDF2' THEN substring(password
>>>> from 38 for 69) ELSE password END) AS
>>>> password2,512,512,'/media/galaxy/galaxy/database/ftp/%U','/bin/bash' FROM
>>>> galaxy_user WHERE email='%U'"
>>>>
>>>> # Define custom query to fetch the password salt
>>>> SQLNamedQuery                   GetUserSalt SELECT "(CASE WHEN
>>>> SUBSTRING (password from 1 for 6) = 'PBKDF2' THEN SUBSTRING (password from
>>>> 21 for 16) END) AS salt FROM galaxy_user WHERE email='%U'"
>>>>   </VirtualHost>
>>>>
>>>> # Don't use IPv6 support by default.
>>>> UseIPv6                         off
>>>> MaxInstances                    30
>>>>
>>>> # To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
>>>> # directory, uncomment this line.
>>>> # Bar use of SITE CHMOD by default
>>>> <Limit SITE_CHMOD>
>>>>   DenyAll
>>>> </Limit>
>>>>
>>>> # Bar use of RETR (download) since this is not a public file drop
>>>> <Limit RETR>
>>>>   DenyAll
>>>> </Limit>
>>>> ~
>>>>
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