How to setup an FTP server in 20 sec
井民全, Jing, mqjing@gmail.com
For inter-computer file transfer tasks, I usually use scp. Secure, no installation, just copy. However, if you want to transfer files from Windows PC that was restricted to install any software but ftp to Ubuntu machine. It's the ftp scope. This document shows you how to setup an FTP server in 20 sec.
Procedure
sudo apt-get install vsftpd sudo systemctl start vsftpd sudo systemctl enable vsftpd
# create user sudo useradd -m ftpuser sudo passwd ftpuser
# setup firewall sudo ufw allow 20/tcp sudo ufw allow 21/tcp
# change the pam seting sudo /etc/vsftpd.conf
Org: # pam_service_name=vsftpd New: pam_service_name=ftp |
sudo service vsftpd restart
#test ftp IP Username: use-your-local-user Passwd: use-the-passwd |
Reference
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/install-ftp-server-on-ubuntu-vsftpd