How to install FTP server in linux

 

Configuring vsftpd

vsftpd is the package to install ftp server in linux.

to install vsftpd:

• using apk:   apk add vsftpd
• using rpm:
• using apt ( ubuntu): sudo apt get install vsftpd

  to configure ftp:
vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

local_enable=YES 

any user defined in /etc/passwd will be able to login with their relevant passwords.

write_enable=YES 

to emable  write access to the ftp server

anonymous_enable=YES

allow anonymous FTP access

To restart FTP and load the new configuratrion:

/etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

 Getting 500 OOPS child died Error?

This error may appear if you are running vsftpd version 3.0.2.

Add this following line to  /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf to fix this issue:

seccomp_sandbox=NO