I used sudo passwd nobody to change the password for the nobody user account.
Unfortunately, the password for the nobody user account and the nobody FTP access on XAMPP were not the same. I again tried ./mampp security to change the FTP password, but it still didn't work:
Macintosh:~ dylan$ sudo /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp security
XAMPP: Quick security check...
XAMPP: Your XAMPP pages are secured by a password.
XAMPP: Do you want to change the password anyway? [no]
XAMPP: MySQL is not accessable via network. Good.
XAMPP: MySQL has a root passwort set. Fine! 🙂
XAMPP: ProFTPD has a new FTP password. Great!
XAMPP: Do you want to change the password anyway? [no] yes
XAMPP: Password:
XAMPP: Password (again):
XAMPP: Reload ProFTPD...
XAMPP: Done.
Macintosh:~ dylan$ ftp
ftp> open localhost
Trying ::1...
ftp: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying fe80::1%lo0...
ftp: connect to address fe80::1%lo0: Unknown error: 0
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
220 ProFTPD 1.3.1 Server (ProFTPD Default Installation) [127.0.0.1]
Name (localhost:dylan): nobody
331 Password required for nobody
Password:
530 Login incorrect.
ftp: Login failed.
ftp>
Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong here? Perhaps XAMPP is using a different username?