Newbie FTP Server Setup Guide

[TheWitePony]

I just installed Gentoo on this older computer I have and I would like to use it as a ftp server. Just something I can log into remotely and transfer files to/from when I'm at work. I don't really need multiple users or anything, this is just for me. I'm also behind a linksys wireless router.

I'm really new to linux, though I had played with Red Hat and Mandrake and I thought I would give Gentoo a try. Would this be easier to setup on another distro or is Gentoo ok for what I want to do?

I should also add I don't know much about networking and have not had any luck setting up proftpd and pure-ftpd. I really need the ultimate noob guide to setting up a ftp server on Gentoo. Any help you guys could give me would be great.

[ptitman]

check out the example conf files in /etc/proftpd/ if you want to use this one.
check that both user and group used by ftp server are in /etc/passwd and /etc/group . if not create them, they dont need to have a proper shell, and they better not. /bin/false will be sweet.

check the proftpd website, it comes to be pretty handy by time , and make sure the server is running
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[kaffeen]

I've always found vsftpd to be fairly easy to configure and use. Although it can get as complicated as you want it to be but works well for just a personal FTP server or for many, many users.

If you want more info on it, the website is http://vsftpd.beasts.org.