Let’s set the folder above the document root as the home directory for ftpuser. If you are not using multiple domains, we will assume you are using the default document root /var/In this scenario, we have to make /var/www/ the home directory for our user ftpuser. If you followed a previous guide here for setting up multiple domains, your document root may be located in somewhere like /var/ for your own domain).

Install the software using the following command.

Before running the installation command, run an apt update to reflect the new imported PPA. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xtradeb/apps -y. In many cases, you want to be able to upload files to the document root on the web server. Use the following command to import the PPA as follows. If you just want to upload to a home folder, skip to Step 4.2. If you plan on using this FTP user account to upload files to a web server, continue to Step 4.1. For that reason, we have to set up some directories and permissions. FileZilla is available for both Windows and Ubuntu Linux, thus simply go to its website and download the client. Vsftpd uses chroot jails to restrict users to their home directories and requires that the home directory is not writable. Download filezilla3.15.0.b for 16.04 LTS from Ubuntu Universe repository. You now need to decide where this new FTP user is allowed to view and upload files.

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