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vSFTPd

vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon) is a popular FTP server for Linux systems. To use vSFTPd, you'll need to install the vsftpd package.

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Adding users for FTP usage

1. In order to create an account that can use VSFTPd, you will first need to set up a user on the server that you want to transfer files to and from.

useradd guest

2. Once created, you'll want to set a password for that user

passwd guest

3. Also disable shell access for the user

usermod -s /sbin/nologin guest

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chrooting users

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FTPS & FTPES