Setting Up FTP on server

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skaaterdd
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Setting Up FTP on server

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Hi, i was asking around and i finally figured out what to buy to get a ftp server, A server so i buy the server and i am trying to set it up with ubuntu, and the error when i try logging in is in the link below/screenshot. and i just really need help figuring this out. if anyone can we can just teamviewer or whatever you want.

thanks,

Joe

http://gyazo.com/def80c09f6cd878c9f01142b7edea43b
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Re: Setting Up FTP on server

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You cant login as root its unsafe to do that. You need to make another user and login with that sudo adduser username then it will prompt you for a pw. Make sure vsftpd is installed you can install it by doing sudo apt-get install vsftpd. You may also need to edit settings in /etc/vsftpd.conf to make it so you can send and recieve files for the user.
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Re: Setting Up FTP on server

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awesome it works now! but how do i edit the users rights so i can add files and do what i want etc...

thanks,

Joe
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Re: Setting Up FTP on server

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http://gyazo.com/1575eef8b2dfc1633a72de16947eb02d

i get that error when i hit escape and then trying to type ::wq

can someone help.

if you want you can teamviewer or something to help me out.

Just can't figure it out.

thanks,

Joe
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Re: Setting Up FTP on server

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skaaterdd wrote:http://gyazo.com/1575eef8b2dfc1633a72de16947eb02d

i get that error when i hit escape and then trying to type ::wq

can someone help.

if you want you can teamviewer or something to help me out.

Just can't figure it out.

thanks,

Joe
You are using a editor called nano not vim. If you want to exit out and save you have to press CTRL + X then follow what it says on the bottom.

EDIT: oops I didn't notice the timestamp on the last response.
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