Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

[shovenose]

So I set up a webserver at work, running Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS 64-bit, a 500GB WD Caviar Green HDD, and 2GB RAM...
It works well, http://renewcomputers.dyndns.org/
HOWEVER I'm having some trouble with FTP
I want to transfer some huge files to it, and put them in the /var/www directory...

Point being, what the heck am I doing wrong? Before, I was able to anonymously log in with FileZilla, now after doing some more edits to /etc/vsftpd.conf it just says Connection Refused...
This is the guide I followed to FTP setup:
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/server...tp-server.html

One more thing, how do I make a MySQL user for a SugarCRM web app (which I'm trying to upload to it lol). I've already imported the database with PhpMyAdmin which i installed!

THANK YOU!

[Uranium-235]

Re: Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

as someone who has ran ubuntu servers for the past several years, let me suggest:

http://www.webmin.com/

from what I can tell from thier site there is a module for vsftp

http://www.webmin.com/cgi-bin/search...i?search=vsftp

once its installed, it will scan for all packages and load the proper module

[shovenose]

Re: Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

Looks interesting. I might consider that for my home server. However, this server at work won't do anything besides host this web-application and it's database...
so it seems silly to bother with a control panel. Really, I just need to use this FTP once, to set up this thing...
I would like to do this without a control pane, thank you though.

[Uranium-235]

Re: Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

is ssh enabled on the server?

then get winscp

http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

[Topcat]

Re: Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

www.ispconfig.org

not sure how friendly it is with ubuntu, but its spiffy with Debian and FC (the two I've used it on). Its a pain in the ass to set up, but once you find the sweet spot, it makes managing web servers sexually arousingly easy (especially with multiple sites, FTP, email, SSL, and so on)!

[mariushm]

Re: Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

I've only worked with FreeBSD a while ago (not into network administration these days) but when I did, I used pureftpd (for minimal basic usage) and proftpd - i remember it was very easy to configure and didn't require creating actual users on the system for people to actually be able to authenticate. also had settings for total disk space usage restrictions, bandwidth limits, total files+folders per account, stuff like that.

it's a bit fuzzy (long time ago) but I think i hated vsftpd because it needed users so it could chmod the files and stuff like that.

In your case, since it's a one time thing I'd just install wget and upload a zip of the files somewhere. then unpack it to your destination folder.

When I couldn't set up a ftp server for various reasons (mainly being behind a firewall and no way to open ports) i simply installed midnight commander (mc) on the server - in case you don't know it's like norton commander from the dos days - which has ftp client functionality. Then I set up a ftp server at home and just connect from mc on the server to my home computer.

[shovenose]

Re: Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

I think I'm going to remove vsftpd and use pureftp.
I'll post if I come into some problems!

[Uranium-235]

Re: Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

if you have ssh enabled on there you should be able to use winscp. It can transfer data just like a normal ftp client. infact I use it as a ftp client for other ftp sites cause it works very well as sftp(ssh)/ftp/scp and its free

you don't need any ftp server with winscp, it uses the scp system built into ssh

[shovenose]

Re: Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

I have tried WinSCP, that's the first thing I tried before I even came here!
No, it did not work I did not have permissions or something stupid like that...

[Uranium-235]

Re: Stupid questions on Ubuntu Server

sometimes you have to use putty to login to the console with ssh and sudo chmod a folder