Setting up FTP servers and clients

FTP is convenient for vintage computers that are online but do not support SFTP.

FTP clients

• Fetch for System 6.x - Mac OS

Set up an FTP server

Disclaimer: FTP is an outdated, insecure protocol on the modern Internet. Use firewall rules to ensure the server only exposed to trusted IP addresses.

This server uses vsftpd.

On Ubuntu:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install vsftpd
adduser # to make a new FTP user

Edit /etc/vsftpd.conf and change:

# Allow local users to log in
local_enable=YES

# Enable uploads
write_enable=YES

# restrict users to home directories
chroot_local_user=YES
allow_writeable_chroot=YES

Restart the service:

sudo systemctl restart vsftp

Finally, open port 21 to trusted IP address on the firewall.