In this tutorial, we are going to install vsftpd and set it up for a user’s directory on Ubuntu 22.04
VSFTPD is a shortcut of a very secure FTP daemon and is an FTP server for Unix systems, including Linux. Vsftpd is the default FTP server in the Ubuntu, CentOS, and RHEL distributions. System administrators, daily, are adding new users to the systems and configuring the vsftpd to allow the user to upload files or folders only in their directories on the server. This scenario is mostly for resellers who want their users to have limited access.
Installing and configuring the vsftpd for a user’s directory on Ubuntu 22.04 is a straightforward process. Let’s get started!
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation and configuration of VSFTPD on Ubuntu 16.04. VSFTPD is an initialism of Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon. It is free and open source, fast, stable, lightweight and very secure FTP server for Unix and Linux operating systems, authorized under the GNU General Public License. VSFTPD is one of the most used FTP servers for Linux and it is used as a default FTP server in some of the biggest Linux distros such as CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, NimbleX, Slackware and RHEL. Installing VSFTP on Ubuntu is an easy task, carefully follow the steps below and you should have it installed in less than 10 minutes.