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Tutorial Installation and Configuration FTP Server in Linux Ubuntu Using ProFTPd

Installation ProFTPd:

1. Install proftpd with the following command:
   

   sudo apt-get install proftpd

2. While the installation process, you are given two options to running proFTPd from inetd or standalone. If FTP traffic is large, you must choose standalone. You mus create FTP user with the following commands for edit file:
   

   sudo nano /etc/shells

   Then add the following code:
   

   /bin/false

   Then create folder/directory what you want to share using FTP, for example: /home/ShareFTP. So you must type this command to create that directory:
   

   sudo mkdir /home/ShareFTP

3. Create user and password with type this command:
   

   sudo useradd name_user -p password_user -d /home/ShareFTP -s /bin/false

   *name_user is username for account FTP server. password_user is password of that username.
4. Then create download and upload directory into ShareFTP with the following command:
   

   sudo mkdir /home/ShareFTP/download

   sudo mkdir /home/ShareFTP/upload

5. Setting permission directory for user with the following command:
   

   sudo chmod 755 /home/ShareFTP

   sudo chmod 755 /home/ShareFTP/download

   sudo chmod 755 /home/ShareFTP/upload

Configuration ProFTPd:

1. Edit configuration file /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf using nano editor with this following way:
   

   sudo nano /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf

2. Will display the text editor of proftpd configuration, then put your cursor on the bottom line. Then add this script:
   

   <Anonymous /home/ShareFTP/>
   User nama_user
   Group nogroup
   UserAlias anonymous ftp
   DirFakeUser on ftp
   DirFakeGroup on ftp
   RequireValidShell off
   MaxClients 10
   DisplayLogin welcome.msg
   DisplayChdir .message
   <Directory *>
   <Limit WRITE>
   AllowAll
   </Limit>
   </Directory>
   </Anonymous>

3. Save and restart proftpd service with the following command:
   

   sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd restart

4. Configuration proFTPd has been completed. For transfer file from windows to linux server, you can run an application FileZilla, then fill with this configuration:
   

   hostname: alamat IP server
   username: username FTP
   password: password user FTP
   port    : 21

   
   or you can type ftp localhost in linux Terminal, then type username and password.
   

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Tutorials Uploading files with FTP and Filezilla

FTP (or File Transfer Prorocol) is a popular way to transfer files between computers . Over the Internet.since almost very web host allows FTP access to their servers, its also a great way to upload files up to a website. this tutorial will walk you through the basics of FTP with Filezilla, an awsome (and Free!) open source FTP Client for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. if you dont have filezilla yet, download a free Copy here.




1. start filezilla and go to File > Site Manager.







2. Click on New Site and enter the Ftp Account details provided by Your web Host, once yourre done, click Connect ( The new site entry will be saved automatically).






3.  once Connected, youll see two panes: the left one (first image below) Shows the files on Your computer, and the right one (second image below) shows the files currently on the Web Server, using the pane on the Right, Browse to the folder to which you want to Upload Your Files.


                               
                             


4. using the left pane, select the files you want to upload and drag them over to right pane. Filezilla wil now begin uploading the files to your web host.






5. And thats it! if youre done uploading files, just click the disconnect icon close the connection to the web server.

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