Tutorial: Installation and Configuration FTP Server in Linux Ubuntu Using ProFTPd

ProFTPd is an application that used to transfer data or familiar called as FTP (File Transfer Protocol). By using proFTPd, we can create an FTP server that can make a server can provide facilities to upload and download from the server.

ProFTPd is easy to configure. This step-by-step installation and configuration FTP server 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.