need help w/ ftp server

[kfizzle]

i got a question:

im trying to install an ftp server for my website
i tried to install mod_ftpd for apache2 but i didnt have any luck with it
it kept saying it couldnt find autoconf-2.53 something and it wouldnt do a make on it cause of that

so i tried to install different, separate ftp program such as ftpd-ssl
my question now is:

how do i set up it?
is there a way i can make an ftp server with it, and setup a lone account for myself on it?
so i can update my site on the fly from wherever i like??

i tried going to /etc/pam.d/ and running ftp -help but it doesnt give me any useful info

-kfiz

[engineuity]

you can try installing the openssh-server...although i think it may already be installed standard. Then, instead of ftp-ing to your site, sftp to it.

[spockette]

Some hosts have an ftp program in the browser, where you can just log in and use an ftp client they have set up in your management profile for your site. You might check with your host about that, as it is easiest in many cases.

[kfizzle]

actually, that host would be me considering i host my own site using debian/apache2.0

i run sftp but i have absolutely no idea how to set it up.

ive looked online for linux ftp servers and howtos/wikis
and i ran across vsftpd and rssh/sftp
both wikis i used i ran into some sort of problem to where i couldnt make
use of either wikis. and theres hardly any good wikis out there on ftp servers.

basically, all i want to do is build up an ftp backbone for my webserver
so that i can update/edit files on the fly from wherever i like as well as
setup ftp accounts to where other people can access my server by ftp.

but like i said, i havent found any good wikis yet that worked for me. it doesnt matter what type of ftp it is as long as its secure or ssl or something of that sort, and i can use it.

[engineuity]

If you already have the ssh server set up, you can already do all of this.

On a linux box, apt-get install gftp then you can run it in gnome.
On a windows box, I use ssh secure shell. It comes with an sftp client.

If you want all of this done direct through a web interface, you will need a regular ftp setup. I did it once but I dont remember what I had used. (apt-got it)