How Do You Set Up An FTP Server In Ubuntu Linux?
This is a tutorial will show you how to set up your own FTP server in Ubuntu Linux. FTP has a multitude of uses. You can set up your own file storage website, just your own file storage computer, or do other things. • Install a program called vsftpd. In order to do this, open up a command line and type sudo apt-get install vsftpd. You will be required to type in the root password and after that, just follow the instructions vsftpd gives you in order to install it. Change the configuration file. Get to the file browser and type /etc. Next scroll down and double click on a file called vsftpd.conf. Remember that lines that start with a ‘#’ are commented out: • Change the “local_enable” setting to YES. • Restart the FTP server to enable your changes: in a shell window, type: sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart Place the files you want to serve in the FTP Home Directory (~ftp).
