How to Set Up your Own Personal FTP Server.
aurellem ☉
Recently I had to enable FTP on my site in order to collaborate with another scientist. Here's how I did it!
1 Install vsftpd with:
sudo pacman -S vsftpd
2 Create an SSL cert for vsftpd:
sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 7300 -newkey rsa:2048 \
-keyout /etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem -out /etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem
sudo chmod 600 /etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem
3 Edit /etc/vsftpd.conf:
anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES listen=YES seccomp_sandbox=NO ssl_enable=YES force_local_logins_ssl=YES ssl_tlsv1=YES ssl_sslv2=YES ssl_sslv3=YES rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem
4 Enable vsftpd
sudo systemctl enable vsftpd.service sudo systemctl start vsftpd