Ubuntu: Setup FTP server

Ubuntu: Setup FTP server

# Setup FTP server 
# Instructions are tested on: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

apt install -y atftpd
sudo gedit /etc/default/atftpd

# - set USE_INETD=FALSE
# - Optional: To change directory to host FTP contents, change /srv/tftp in OPTIONS line
# - Optional: To have maximum log: change --verbose=7 and append --logfile /var/log/atftpd.log

sudo mkdir -p /srv/tftp
sudo chmod -R 777 /srv/tftp
sudo chown -R nobody /srv/tftp

# Vanilla contents
# USE_INETD=true
# # OPTIONS below are used only with init script
# OPTIONS="--tftpd-timeout 300 --retry-timeout 5 --mcast-port 1758 --mcast-addr 239.239.239.0-255 --mcast-ttl 1 --maxthread 100 --verbose=5 /srv/tftp"

# After changes
# USE_INETD=false
# # OPTIONS below are used only with init script
# OPTIONS="--tftpd-timeout 300 --retry-timeout 5 --mcast-port 1758 --mcast-addr 239.239.239.0-255 --mcast-ttl 1 --maxthread 100 --verbose=7 --logfile /var/log/atftpd.log ~/tftp"

# Run the service
sudo invoke-rc.d atftpd start

# Verify atftpd is running
netstat -lnp | grep ":69 "

# Use atftp FTP client to verify atftpd

apt install -y atftp

atftp localhost

# Make sure /etc/hosts is having following mapping otherwise localhost above command will not work
# 127.0.0.1	localhost

# Download an file from FTP server
get file_name_which_is_hosted_on_ftp