Install VSFTPD, stands for Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
In Ubuntu, the FileZilla server is not available. The VSFTPD is used instead of FileZilla Server. To install this, sudo apt-get install vsftpd Edit /etc/vsftpd.conf file: sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf 1.Disable anonymous user login. anonymous_enable=NO 2.Uncomment these two lines. ascii_upload_enable=YES ascii_download_enable=YES 3.Uncomment and enter your Welcome message - Not necessary, It's optional. ftpd_banner=Welcome to OSTechNix FTP service. 4.Add this line the end. use_localtime=YES 5.Save and close the file. Restart vsftpd service to take effect the changes. sudo systemctl restart vsftpd or sudo service vsftpd restart 6.Check if vsftpd service is running or not: sudo systemctl status vsftpd You will see like this vsftpd.service - vsftpd FTP server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2017-10-30 15:10:15 CST; 19s ago ...