- 1). Right-click on the Desktop and click on "Open in the Terminal" to access a command prompt.
- 2). Type the command "sudo apt-get install proftpd" to install the ProFTPD package.
- 3). Type the command "sudo gedit /etc/proftpd.conf" to open the ProFTPD configuration file in the gedit text editor.
- 4). Change the default values in the proftpd.conf file to reflect the values for your server. The important values to change are:
ServerName, ServerIdent, UseReverseDNS, IdentLookups, DefaultRoot, RequireValidShell, MaxClients, DenyFilter, and MaxClientsPerHost
If the value has a "#" symbol as the first character in the line, remove the "#" symbol to uncomment the line. - 5). Save and close the proftpd.conf file.
- 6). Type the command "sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd restart" to restart the ProFTPD server.
- 7). Type the command "sudo proftpd -td5" to check the configuration file for syntax errors.
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