Ubuntu FTP server client

Ubuntu Linux comes with various ftp servers to setup FTP service such as:

=> proftpd - Versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon

=> vsftpd - The Very Secure FTP Daemon

=> ftpd - FTP server

=> wu-ftpd - powerful and widely used FTP server

=> wzdftpd - A portable, modular, small and efficient ftp server

=> pure-ftpd - Pure-FTPd FTP server

I recommend using vsftpd. It is simple and quite secure FTP server. According to vsftpd man page:

vsftpd is the Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon. The server can be launched via a super-server such as inetd or xinetd. Alternatively, vsftpd can be launched in standalone mode, in which case vsftpd itself will listen on the network.

=> Default ftp port : 21

=> Default configuration file : /etc/vsftpd.conf

How do I set up the vsftpd daemon to accept connections from another computer?

The configuration of the vsftpd FTP service (read as daemon ) simply requires three steps.

Step # 1: Install vsftpd

Type apt-get command to install vsftpd

$ sudo apt-get install vsftpd

* Starting FTP server: vsftpd

Step # 2: Configure /etc/vsftpd.conf

The default vsftpd configuration file is /etc/vsftpd.conf. You need to edit this file using text editor such as vi:

$ sudo vi /etc/vsftpd.conf

Add the following line (uncomment line) to the vsftpd configuration file:

local_enable=YES

Above config directive will allow local users to log in via ftp

If you would like to allow users to upload file, add the following to the file:

write_enable=YES

For security you may restrict local users to their home directories. Add the following to the file:

chroot_local_user=YES

Save and close the file.

Step # 3: Restart vsftpd

To restart vsftpd type the command :

$ sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

For further information you can look in Ubuntu FTP server Documentation.