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I have installed vsftp on Ubuntu 10.10. I want to give the user FTP login privilage .

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    I updated my answer because my beliefs have changed since the original time I answered this.
    – djangofan
    May 27, 2014 at 15:30

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You can see an excellent guide below

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3138955&postcount=1

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    I think that once VSFTPD is running locally on the system then security can be implemented by not opening the VSFTPD port but instead having clients use Filezilla in FTPS mode to connect to it (via SSH port 22) .
    – djangofan
    Nov 24, 2010 at 22:20
  • @djangofan thanks for pointing out FileZilla with SSH, somehow resonated better in my brainz
    – Danielson
    Nov 25, 2016 at 9:57
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    That is the long and complicated guide for creating an FTP user. Also, that link is a forum link that could break at any time.
    – Goose
    Dec 22, 2016 at 18:04
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Here is the method using ProFTPD:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=429783&postcount=1

But I would recommend the vsftpd method mentioned previously.

But, most importantly, there is no need to do this since, by enabling SSHD on a Ubuntu system, you get access to the FTP subsystem in SSH. Also, it's way more secure. So, the question is why would you want to enable any other FTP method besides SSHD??

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