vsftpd as ftp AND sftp server

[sninobi]

Hello.

I'm a total linux noob. I have installed ubuntu 64 desktop.
I have installed vsftpd (unconfigured).
I have configured ufw properly (port 21 is open ONLY for home network, port 22 is open for everybody).
I have know idea how to configure vsftpd to be able to work with ftp AND sftp at the same time.
As a matter of fact, I complitelly dont understand vsftpd and it's configurations. Can you please explain me how to configure it from zero. I have my files in /home/myuser/
I want to be able to work with this folder in ftp AND sftp (read/write... all operations).

Thank you.

[atreyu]

vsftpd is an FTP server and runs by default on port 21.

sftp (Secure FTP) is part of the OpenSSH package and runs by default on port 22.

To configure vsftpd, edit the config file, typically /etc/vsftpd.conf.

man vsftpd
man vsftpd.conf

To configure sftp, look at the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.

man sshd_config

By default, you should be able to access your home directory, if you log in with your account with both ftp and sftp. You'll just have to make sure the two daemons are started first.

sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd start


sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start

Then connect to them locally, e.g.:

ftp localhost

sftp localhost

[sninobi]

vsftpd is an FTP server and runs by default on port 21.

sftp (Secure FTP) is part of the OpenSSH package and runs by default on port 22.

To configure vsftpd, edit the config file, typically /etc/vsftpd.conf.

man vsftpd
man vsftpd.conf

To configure sftp, look at the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.

man sshd_config

By default, you should be able to access your home directory, if you log in with your account with both ftp and sftp. You'll just have to make sure the two daemons are started first.

sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd start


sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start

Then connect to them locally, e.g.:

ftp localhost

sftp localhost

First, thank you for the explanations.
Ftp was working until this morning
My dougher is watching movies from her windows xp laptop.
The movies are on my ubuntu box + vsftpd.
The movies are in /home/myuser/daughermovies/
Her win-xp laptop using xmbc as ftp client.
Everything was working but i figured out that myuser is actualy sudoer. So I removed myuser from sudoers file. I thoght to myself that my user will still have all the rights for /home/myusers/daughermovies(After removing myuser from sudoers file I did 'chown myuser /home/myuser/daughermovies' to be sure that myuser can still share his folder through vsftpd). When I checking on my ubuntu box "ftp localhost" everything is PERFECT. But windows laptop stopped be connected to be connected to ubuntu box (after myuser:mypassword stopped be sudoer). Currently I have no idea what to do.

[atreyu]

On the ubuntu box, in a terminal window, can you ftp locally using the username and password that your daughter uses on the XP laptop?

Once logged in to your FTP session in the terminal window, what directory are you put in? /home/myuser? can you cd into the daughermovies sub-directory?

Can you explain the bit about XMBC Ftp client on the Windows XP laptop? Is that the AppleTV plugin, or something else?

Also, are you sure the Ftp client thing is not using SFTP, instead of FTP?

Also check your logs for clues:

/var/log/messages
/var/log/secure
/var/log/xfterlog

And has the firewall on the ubuntu box been turned on, possibly, where it was off before?