Ubuntu Unleashed 2013 Edition: Covering 12.10 and 13.04, Eighth Edition

Chapter 24. Remote File Serving with FTP

In This Chapter

• Choosing an FTP Server

• Installing FTP Software

• The FTP User

• Configuring the Very Secure FTP Server

• Using the ftphosts to Allow or Deny FTP Server Connection

• References

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was once considered the primary method used to transfer files over a network from computer to computer. FTP is still heavily used today, although many graphical FTP clients now supplement the original text-based interface command. As computers have evolved, so has FTP, and Ubuntu includes many ways with which to use a graphical interface to transfer files over FTP.

This chapter contains an overview of the available FTP software included with Ubuntu, along with some details concerning ...