FTP Server Configuration

Figure 8.9. Where Should your FTP Server Be Visible from?

Where Should your FTP Server Be Visible from?

This wizard resembles the one used to configure a web server: It will let you specify whether FTP should be disabled, visible from the local network, from the external network, or both. A sample window is shown in Figure 8.9, “Where Should your FTP Server Be Visible from?”.

Figure 8.10. FTP Server Options

FTP Server Options

You are then asked to configure a few options:

Admin email

Enter here the address to which messages regarding the FTP server should be sent.

Permit root login

Check this box if you wish the root user to be allowed to login into the FTP server. If the FTP authentication is made in clear text, this option is not recommended.

Chroot home users

By checking this option, users who login into the FTP server will be limited to their home directories solely.

Allow FTP resume

If your server is likely to host large files, it might be prudent to allow your users to resume downloads.

Allow FXP

Check this option if you want your server to be able to exchange files with another FTP server.

[Tip]Tip

To begin populating your anonymous FTP server, simply put the files in the /var/ftp/pub/ directory. You can connect to your FTP server as soon as the wizard is finished through the URL:ftp://localhost/pub. Home directories are also accessible by default with local password authentication. If queen wants to access his home repository he has to use the URL:ftp://queen@localhost.