Ubuntu 16.04 install vsftpd and enable ftp service

sudo apt-get install vsftpd

The ftp configuration file is in

/etc/vsftpd.conf

You can use the following commands to open, close and restart the ftp service

sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd start
sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd stop
sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

Use the following commands to see that there are more ftp user groups and ftp users in the system

cat /etc/group
cat /etc/passwd

The directory location of the ftp server is /srv/ftp, which is also the root directory for anonymous users to access.

This indicates that the ftp service has been enabled, but anonymous login has not been enabled.

Configure vsftpd.conf

Edit the /etc/vsftpd.conf file:

// 允许匿名用户登录
anonymous_enable=YES

// 允许本地用户登录
local_enable=YES

// 开启全局上传
write_enable=YES

// 允许匿名用户上传文件
anon_upload_enable=YES  

// 充许匿名用户新建文件夹
anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES

Anonymous user login

Create pub under /srv/ftp for files uploaded by anonymous users and change their permissions

cd /srv/ftp
sudo mkdir pub
sudo chown ftp:ftp pub