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gulshannegi
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May 30, 2021
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Configure FTP on Ubuntu 18

  • May 30, 2021
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hello Everyone, is there any Linux expert here, I want to install and configure FTP File Server in Ubuntu 18, Please help. 

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    sw2090
    SuperUser
    SuperUser
    June 2, 2021

    hm this is cli only even in ubuntu as it is a server service.

     

    You will have to install an ftp server service (=daemon) like e.g. proftpd or vsftpd.

    Then you might have to configure it (text based).

     

    configs are mostly in /etc/ - e.g. /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf for vsftp

    similar for proftpd

     

    What I currently don't remember is the default way to start them up.

    vsftp usually starts standalown (service vsftpd start/stop/restart/reload).

    proftpd could be set to be started as subservice of (x)inetd. Then you would have to restart/reload (x)inetd to restart/reload proftpd.

     

    Keep in mind that if you change config you got at least to reload the service!