How to setup FTP simple server on linux

Don’t use root user

• You can’t acess ftp if you only have root user, you gonna need to create another user

1 - Install proftpd on linux server

sudo apt install proftpd

2 - Install FileZilla on client machine

Linux:

sudo apt install filezilla

Windows:

FileZilla link

Installation: next, next, finish.

3 - Open FileZilla

Fill out:

• Host: your server ip
• Username: your user (same of the linux login)
• Password: your password (same of the linux login)
• Port: 21

Quickconnect, you’re in.