title: How to set password so i can connect to FTP on a Google Cloud Instance
body: <p>I'm trying to set a password for my user so that I can access Proftpd ftp server of that Google VM instance.</p>
  
  <p>sudo su and passwd does not work, even tho I get the message "password updated successfully"</p>
  
  <p>When I connect to the ftp, I get incorrect password.</p>
  
  <p>Anyone have a working solution to get an FTP server up on Google Cloud VM?</p>