FTP help needed

[Claude Jones]

Erich Carlson wrote:
> Use vsftpd
> 
>   There is a conf file in /etc/vsftpd called vsftpd.conf
> 
>   Then there are some user access files in /etc
> 
>   Make sure you have external port 21 opened in your firewall.
> 
>   If you have any questions on configuration, please feel free to ask.
> 
> Erich
> 
> On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 09:58 -0500, Claude Jones wrote:
> 
>>Can someone point me to a good howto or page that describes how to set 
>>up FTP for a website? I just want to allow access to my website for 
>>purposes of updating webpages, etc, from a remote computer... All the 
>>links I'm getting hits to discuss how to set up a FTP site for file 
>>sharing - that's not what I need for now. Or, if the explanation is 
>>short, share it?

This is what I tried, first. I did something wrong, and my connection 
attempts are being refused. Also, I couldn't understand how to configure 
vsftp to access the website. Is it the case that once it works, I can 
log on using my local user info, and just navigate to the website folder?

-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA