What happens if you remove these lines:
Code:
<Global>
DefaultRoot / root
DefaultRoot / photo1
DefaultRoot /var/www www-data
DefaultRoot ~
DeleteAbortedStores on
HiddenStor on
LoginPasswordPrompt off
RootLogin off
DisplayConnect /etc/proftpd.mesg
MaxLoginAttempts 1
UseFtpUsers on
AllowRetrieveRestart on
IdentLookups on
MaxClientsPerHost 15 "Methinks you are hogging my bandwidth. Begone wastrel!"
SyslogLevel emerg
DirFakeGroup off
DirFakeUser off
PassivePorts 1024 1024
RequireValidShell off
</Global>
TimeoutLogin 20
UseReverseDNS on
SystemLog /var/log/proftp
from /etc/proftpd.conf and restart proftpd?