Connecting with FTP not SSH

[thechronic]

Hello,
A friend set up a linux machine for a website and it has since been handed down to me. In order to connect to it for me to upload new files I have had to use WinSCP to SSH (or rather I think I SFTP) into the machine.

How could I go about setting it up so that I can just use regular FTP?

Thanks
John

[Japser]

If you are looking for something you can do "apt-cache search keyword".
With the keyword ftp I get over 300 lines.

I think the one you are looking for is ftpd.

--Japser.

[Thrillhouse]

You should know that standard ftp is an incredibly insecure protocol. All passwords and files are sent in cleartext meaning anyone who was interested could see what you're sending/receiving and use that information to compromise your server. Unless you have a really good reason, I would suggest sticking with one of the more secure protocols, whatever that may be (SSH, SFTP, SCP). SFTP or even VSFTP is no more difficult to use than FTP.

[ls354]

I would only recommend FTP for a LAN, it was mentioned in the post above FTP is insecure you may be adding a vulnerability to the server.