Hi. I am running SuSe Linux 9.1 Pro and want to run a FTP server on my machine, mainly for family members to send and receive files from me. What is the best way to do this? Is there a built-in program into Suse Pro that can handle this?

If not, where can I find one? I would prefer this be a graphical interface from start to finish, as I am not keen on a lot of command line work. It would be great also if the ftp server software can handle user accounts and not just anonymous logins for security reasons.

Or please direct me to a place on the web that I can find solutions for this on Linux.

Thanks in advance!
-Craig

pure-ftpd comes with suse and is quite good.
Try to:

su
(root paswd)

rcpure-ftpd start

(start the ftp service)

rcpure-ftpd stop

(stop it)

Of course, you have to have pure installed, if you don't already have.
there's also a gui for admin pure-ftpd which is very interesting, named pureadmin, google for it.
With pureadmin you can create virtual users (not system users), which I prefer a lot.

Its config file is in /etc/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.conf
Very easy to edit.

If you want security, I'd say go with sftp but if your not totally concerned with secure connections.. proftpd is one of the most popular ones with a good track record of keeping up with patches, security updates, etc.

And most know about proftpd, easy to find help docs, faq's, etc.

My 2 cents worth:

pureftp is by far the best. You won't need a GUI app to configure it either. The text configuration file, typically /etc/pureftpd/pureftp-conf, is very easy to work with. It is highly commented.

vsftp is another choice, but I'd rate it much lower than pureftp.

Although! If you are really security conscious, then by all means live, learn, and use sftp!