Setting Up FTP client/server with vsftpd in Ubuntu 9.04
 

Hi All,

I currently have 4 Linux Servers installed in a test lab that I have built for my job. I am in the process of trying to get FTP to work (vsftpd is installed).

I don't need an FTP GUI or anything, I can use terminal (and I don't have an internet connection, so I probably can't get one anyway).

I bring up the terminal and I type FTP and I am presented with a few problems:

1. If I try to FTP to one of the other Linux Servers on the network, I get "No route to host" error.

2. If I try to FTP to the Server I am sitting on, then I am able to successfully connect, obviously. But when I do an "ls," I don't see any available files.

I am assuming this is because I have not yet set up a folder for it (i.e. Windows uses "ftproot" folder).

Can someone assist me in setting up vsftpd? Any help is most appreciated.

I am running Ubuntu Gnome 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope for a GUI, and I am running Ubuntu Server underneath (Yes I need a GUI for what I am using the server for).

i would first recommend not using ftp since it is antiquated and insecure.

instead consider sftp/ scp which work over ssh

make sure the ssh server is runningfor scp the command line is usually something like1. i dont know what to tell you; if the road doesnt exist you cant drive from point a to point b.
2. this is probably because the user you log in as doesnt have any files in there $HOME directory.

What exactly are you typing in to the ftp console ?
A normal login would be
ftp <ipaddress>
or
ftp <domain.com>

Are you logging in as a user ?
Are the firewalls open to port 21 on the other machines ?
How have you assigned the ip addresses ?

Can you access the other machines over the network at all ?

If you ftp to another machine, i.e.

ftp 192.168.0.2

you will get a prompt asking for a username
enter a username that exists on that machine (192.168.0.2) and you get a prompt asking for a password

enter a password successfully and you get a few messages then

ftp>

type ls and you get a listing of that users files in their home directory.
(if you've created users on the other machines there is usually something in their home folder.
Try ls -al )

type pwd and it tells you where you are.


However, if you just type ftp without an address you will get a prompt
>ftp

You then have to type
open <ip_address>

and do as I described above.

Sorry if this is too basic, but it's hard to know how much you already know.

regards

Alan

You may want to reference this http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html