FTP on debain
I am very new to linux and am trying to setup a ftp server on my linode account. I have a debain setup and i followed the various guides here.
i have my server up and running with all those which i could figure out.
I have proftp installed and would like to set it up.
I added a usergroup and added a user to belong to the user group.
and I tried doing an ftp to my linode and i get
"
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
I tried opening an ftp connection from my linode server and it says
I followed this to setup the proftp
http://www.debianhowto.de/howtos/en/proftpd/index.html
I was wondering if someone could help me or guide me to set it up.
Thanks
2 Replies
Some fairly large ftp sites use vsftpd.
Since you're running Debian, just do:
apt-get install vsftpd
And tweak vsftpd.conf as needed.
> It is reputed as being the most secure ftp server so that is a big plus.
Yes… The kernel.org people moved to vsftpd last year, and there is a list of sites using it at
> Since you're running Debian, just do:
apt-get install vsftpd
And tweak vsftpd.conf as needed.
And be sure to read the documentation. There are otehr config files you may need to edit:
/etc/vsftpd.conf
/etc/ftpusers
/etc/ftpchroot
jp