Are there any FTP servers at all for linux?

[colobix]

Hello.
I have been googeling this forever, and can only find crappy terminal and configuration stuff, and not an actual program.

I need to transfer larger files and was thinking of ftp.
And i don't care if the program is free or open or closed or whatever it is.

[kc1di]

Hello.
I have been googeling this forever, and can only find crappy terminal and configuration stuff, and not an actual program.

I need to transfer larger files and was thinking of ftp.
And i don't care if the program is free or open or closed or whatever it is.

there are several
Pureftp comes to mind the link is here.

or vsftpd

[Lars Noodén]

There are several FTP servers available, but unless you are setting up Anonymous FTP you might look to SFTP instead. It is easier to set up and is secure. You get it as part of the package openssh-server, and no additional configuration is needed to use it. On the client side you have Nautilus and Dolphin which can work with files via SFTP.

[colobix]

there are several
Pureftp comes to mind the link is here.

or vsftpd

I couldn't find a deb install file for pureftp
And vsftpd is what I meant when I said configurations and terminal stuff.
I even tried it, and it frustrated me and I couldn't get it working.
I want something easy and simple without text files and terminal stuff. A normal program.
Are there any?

[Lars Noodén]

I want something easy and simple without text files and terminal stuff. A normal program.
Are there any?

That would be SFTP for you. You don't need any difficult setup because it is configured to run in OpenSSH-server out of the box. You'll find OpenSSH-server in Synaptic or the Software Center. And you don't need any unusual clients because support is built into your file manager, press ctrl-L to connect from inside Nautilus or Dolphin.

[juancarlospaco]

I couldn't find a deb install file for pureftp

I want something easy and simple without text files and terminal stuff. A normal program.
Are there any?

Its on the software center sir.

[colobix]

That would be SFTP for you. You don't need any difficult setup because it is configured to run in OpenSSH-server out of the box. You'll find OpenSSH-server in Synaptic or the Software Center. And you don't need any unusual clients because support is built into your file manager, press ctrl-L to connect from inside Nautilus or Dolphin.

I installed it and couldn't find it in the menu.
I also tried pureftp, but couldn't find that either.

[bootedguy]

I installed it and couldn't find it in the menu.
I also tried pureftp, but couldn't find that either.

With Nautilus open, go to "File">"Connect to Terminal".

[Lars Noodén]

I installed it and couldn't find it in the menu.

Servers won't show up in any menus. They run in the background. If you want to see them running you can run either of the following in the terminal:

service ssh status
pgrep -l sshd
ps -eF| grep sshd

But you don't need to do that unless you want to verify that it is running.

Connecting to the server won't show up in any menu either. You known it's running on your machine, so use the ip number of your machine and connect in the File Manager (Nautilus) using ctrl-L. Then enter the URI for the server, including your user name and the ip address of your machine which is running the SSH server.

sftp://colobix@xx.yy.zz.aa

That's it. You should then be connected via Nautilus and can move files back and forth.

Once you've verified that you can connect via SFTP, you can uninstall the FTPservers. It's better to remove unneeded servers.

[colobix]

Thanks. I don't know what you mean by that though.
I want a program that'll let me access my files from somewhere lese.
I don't understand all this terminal and command and configuration stuff.
I want an easy program that I can open and from there start the ftp thing so I can access files from another pc.
Aren't there any for linux?
I looked around on winehq, but none of the suggested ones worked.