FTP Server recommendation?

[Kurt Granroth]

On Nov 16, 2005, at 3:02 PM, Miles Beck wrote:
> On 11/16/05, Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss at granroth.org> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 16 November 2005 01:26 pm, Dan Lund wrote:
>>> I use vsftp on nearly everything I have here at work. (that needs  
>>> ftp)
>>> It's almost idiotproof when it comes to setup, it's sooo simple.
>>
>> I'll second (third?) the vsftp recommendation.  I can't imagine  
>> how it could
>> be easier to setup.
>
> I've never used it before. Do you know of any install/config
> documentation I can read?

Honestly, I have no idea.  I never had the need to look.  To get a  
standard anonymous FTP server running under SuSE, I did the following:

1. Installed the vsftpd RPM
2. Edited /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd to change 'disabled = yes' to  
'disabled = no'

That was it.  When I wanted user support later, I just edited /etc/ 
vsftpd.conf and looked for a line that dealt with it.  It's heavily  
commented and all the parameters shows the defaults.  In this case, I  
just uncommented the line:

#local_enable=YES

There are quite a few options such as quotas and chroot'ing users and  
controlling the anonymous user privileges and the like.  I use scp  
and sftp for everything major, though, so I've never gotten into that.

What specifically are you looking for, documentation-wise?

Kurt