I use gftp or Firefox browser to use vsftp:

ftp://marty@192.168.1.43 (names changed to protect the innocent)

Enter user password

Are you accessing your home pc using a wireless card?

no, i have a direct cable connection

i dont think its working at all, i think a way to check it would be to go ftp://localhost right?? but when i do that it doesnt work, nothing comes out, and when i try to type the command on the terminal

root@virtz:~# proftpd
localhost - fatal: Socket operation on non-socket
localhost - (Running from command line? Use `ServerType standalone' in config file!)


that comes out ^^, and my config file has it on stand alone

ServerName "ProFTPD Default Installation"
#ServerType standalone
ServerType inetd
DefaultServer on

now, how do i change the server name on the proftpd default installation line? is there a way to give it an address? or name??, if anyone knows, i want it to be <my own address>.whatever.whatever
any help will do

Yea with proftp all I had to do was a swaret install and then just "proftpd" as root, and that was it. The logs are in /var/logs/proftpd.log and the transfer log is in /var/log/xferlog. On a side note killer, I got your email and dismissed it because it sounded fishy :-P. But if you wanna add me on msn I am onelung02@hotmail.com . If anyone else wants a chatting buddy feel free.

onelung

ps
something that I found really useful with ftp is the tail command to keep an eye on things. Just type: tail -f /var/log/"whichever log" to watch the activity.

Change this: to this:
onelung

edit - the # is a commented out line in the src, so for the config to read it you must remove the # and place it on the inetd line instead. :-)

cool, after messing with it i found out how to work it out, and now its up and running, now id like some help on something with the security, because all the users i have can go to all my stuff, my root folders, how can i allow them to only stay on their /home/user directory? maybe an edit on some config file, if so which one? or what can i add? i only want them in their home folder, and with certain ammount of memory available, for example 512 Megabytes or so.
any info on this will help

yea after reading it for a while, i figured out that :P hah i didnt know that, all the sudden i remembered a little of those c++ courses, and how the little # sign makes it as just text

just open the /etc/proftpd.conf and read the comments before the sections, it's very self explanatory, that's all that I have done for security. I also keep the tail windows up when i run the ftp, and if a suspicious IP comes up I will just block it.

You need a line in proftpd.conf
after
DefaultServer on
add
DefaultRoot ~ !users
This makes any ftp group member that is not amember of users have a chroot /home/theirname