Do you know how to add an ftp user in Linux?

amtoj · 08-28-2008, 07:17 AM

hey guys i am totally newbie so plz do tell me all the steps required to do this.

Do give long detail

I use Fedora core 8.x

thx
Amtoj

Agrouf · 08-28-2008, 07:21 AM

Which distro do you use?

CRC123 · 08-28-2008, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amtoj

I use Fedora core 8.x

Amtoj, in the future, it's better to just add another post, that way the person asking the question(Agrouf) will get notified that you or someone answered back. So Agrouf, this is to let you know Amtoj answered your question

by adding it to his previous post.

Agrouf · 08-28-2008, 11:55 AM

Indeed, please do not edit posts after someone has replyed. It will confuse everybody and doesn't notify people about the change.
So, the next question is: do you have an ftp server running and if so, which one?

amtoj · 08-29-2008, 05:44 AM

ok i understood

and

no ftp server running

Agrouf · 08-29-2008, 06:29 AM

OK, so the first step is to choose a FTP server to run. there are several ones. The most common ones are vsftpd, proftpd, aftp and several others. I advise you install vsftp
You can install it with yum:
yum install vsftpd
Then you can add users in the ftp group so they can connect to your machine via FTP.
For instance, to add the user obiwankenobi:
usermod -aG obiwankenobi