Install FTP - allows user to share files

Updated on: 22.Apr.2014

Note: you may use SFTP over SSH without using the vsftpd program.

To add ftp user, use the following command which creates a folder in ‘home’ and set the password.

         sudo adduser myftpuserid

If the user directory already exist and you want to change the ownership

         sudo chmod myftpuserid:myftpuserid /home/testUserDirectory

In /etc/vsftpd.conf, ensure the following settings match the following:

         anonymous_enable=NO
         local_enable=YES
         write_enable=YES
         chroot_local_user=NO
         chroot_list_enable=YES

Just in case all changes have done in vsftpd.conf but you are still not able to connect to the ftp service, make the following change :

         pam_service_name=ftp

You must create (if not exists) the file ‘/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list’ and each line is the user ID (ie, the OS user ID). This will prevent them from accessing the parent directory and also the root.

To restart the FTP service:

          sudo service vsftpd restart

Make sure that the user directory is ‘r-x’ (where ‘ftpuser’ is the user directory) and below command remove ‘w’ (write) permission:

          chmod a-w /home/ftpuser

Follow the reference URL (digitalocean.com) to configure the SSL for FTP. Once this is done, you may use FTP FileZilla to connect to your server - you may choose “SFTP - SSH” option from the “protocol” drop down list. This means, the connection is secured.

Reference
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-configure-vsftpd-to-use-ssl-tls-on-an-ubuntu-vps

http://askubuntu.com/questions/184917/how-to-create-a-user-for-ftp-server

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/vsftpd