Installing and Configuring ProFTPD on Ubuntu 14.4
To install ProFTPd on Ubuntu (or most Debian based) Linux, execute the following command.
sudo apt-get install proftpd
sudo apt-get install proftpd
Installing a GUI Manager for ProFTPd
sudo apt-get install gadmin-proftpd
sudo rm /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf we should remove because if we won't be able to run the app.
The first time you start gadmin-proftpd, you will need to configure a few settings. All default values should be used unless otherwise noted below:
- Server Name: off
- Admin email: your.email@yourdomain.com
- Enable virtual users: checked
- Server user: ftpuser
- Server group: ftpgroup
To add a virtual user:
- Click on the Users tab
- Click the '+Add' button. All settings can remain with their default values except:
- Username: Enter a username.
- Password: Enter a password.
- Group: ftpgroup
- Click +Add directory
- Click File System
- Click home
- Click ftpuser
- Click the Open button
- Modify the directory permissions as needed.
- Click the Apply button.