Setting up the VSFTPD daemon to accept connections from another computer

• Use the very complete guide to install and configuration to setup the FTP server.
• VSFTPD configuration howto
• Ubuntu Site documentation
• Ubuntu Wiki documentation – very exhaustive

Testing the FTP server / WebServer installation

Find out your server computer local ip address on your router by using:   ipconfig -a

freemonsandlewould@freemonsandlewould-desktop:~$ ifconfig -a
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0f:1f:e2:12:e4  
          inet addr:192.168.1.104  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20f:1fff:fee2:12e4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:56119 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:45698 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:56322994 (53.7 MB)  TX bytes:7952143 (7.5 MB)
          Interrupt:16

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:156376 (152.7 KB)  TX bytes:156376 (152.7 KB)

My boxes local IP on my router is 192.168.1.104  and you should substitute yours for this number.

Test the webserver

    Bring up a browser and dial in:  http://192.168.1.104/

Test the FTP server

   Dial in 192.168.1.104 into your FTP tool and your linux box users name and password.

In both of the tests above you should see a result that is recognizable.