Once you have set up a website under Apache, you would need FTP access to the website to be able to upload files. The steps below explain how to do this.<\/p>\n
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1.Install VSFTPD server :<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install vsftpd<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
2.Make changes to the vsftpd configuration file by uncommenting or adding write_enable=YES<\/em> and chroot_local_user=YES<\/em>\u00a0 and enabling local_umask=022<\/em><\/p>\n
# Enable this to allow users to write files to their web folder\r\nwrite_enable=YES\r\n\r\n# To restrict users to specific web folders and block access to parent folders\r\nchroot_local_user=YES\r\n\r\nlocal_umask=022\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
3.Create a user for FTP and ensure that it is part of the www-data group. We are using ftpvc<\/em> as an example user and assume that the website home folder is \/var\/www\/html<\/em><\/p>\n
useradd -s \/usr\/sbin\/nologin ftpvc\r\n\r\nsudo passwd ftpvc # you will be prompted to enter a password twice\r\n\r\nsudo usermod -d \/var\/www\/html ftpvc\r\n\r\nusermod -a -G www-data ftpvc\r\n<\/pre>\n4.Now make sure that the ftp user has not shell to login to the system directly.<\/p>\n
Add the following line in \/etc\/shells<\/em><\/p>\n
\/usr\/sbin\/nologin<\/pre>\nSave the file<\/p>\n
5.Restart vsftpd server<\/p>\n
service vsftpd restart\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n6.Make sure that the website folder is owned by the ftp user and the www-data group.<\/p>\n
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