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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-IN link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello David,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Do you have a ftp server installed? First you need to make sure you have one. After installing it for most of the ftp servers the linux user is the ftp user. So essentially creating a linux user by useradd command must solve. However for some configurations of ftp server the ftp user are virtually created and stored in a database.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To be short <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Install ftp server<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Configure it to use ftp user = linux user (default for most)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Create a linux user by command useradd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Let me know if you need help in checking if FTP server is installed! I can point to some tutorials.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PS: i don’t prefer cpanel but webmin with virtualmin as the control panel .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>AJ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nottingham-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:nottingham-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Irwin<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:15 AM<br><b>To:</b> Notts GNU/Linux Users Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nottingham] help Needed Urgently<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You mean your VPS provider gives you no baked-in FTP server? I've mostly had to use horrid HTTP up/downloads.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Can't you simply install an FTP server into the image and use that? Even if its network is host-only, you should be able to port forward.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry - I might not be following the exact nature of your problem.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>J.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 29 September 2014 19:27, Paul <<a href="mailto:reclusivegeek@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">reclusivegeek@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>David ... Easy way is to install sshfs on your Linux box. Then from you file manager in the address bar type sftp://<username>@<ipaddress> and you can mount the remote servers file structure on your local computer and copy and edit files as you please. I use it for all my servers .... makes like so easy.<span style='color:#888888'><br><br><span class=hoenzb>Paul</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 29/09/14 19:16, <a href="mailto:david@gbenet.com" target="_blank">david@gbenet.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>On 29/09/14 17:54, Paul wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>David can you ssh to your server and what OS are you running on your computer not the server ?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>On 29/09/14 17:45, <a href="mailto:david@gbenet.com" target="_blank">david@gbenet.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>On 29/09/14 17:32, T.J long thing wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Hi David, I have some experience with vmware products but I know very little about the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>others what is it you need help with?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Thanks<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Tom<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>*From: *<a href="mailto:david@gbenet.com" target="_blank">david@gbenet.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>*Sent: *Monday, 29 September 2014 17:29<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>*To: *Notts GNU/Linux Users Group<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>*Reply To: *Notts GNU/Linux Users Group<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>*Subject: *[Nottingham] help Needed Urgently<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I need some one to help me manage a virtual server. The technical support is more then<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>useless. So if there is anyone in the group with knowledge it will be greatly appreciated<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and remunerated!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>David<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>“See the sanity of the man! No gods, no angels, no demons, no body. Nothing of the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>kind.Stern, sane,every brain-cell perfect and complete even at the moment of death. No<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>delusion.” <a href="https://linuxcounter.net/user/512854.html" target="_blank">https://linuxcounter.net/user/512854.html</a> - <a href="http://gbenet.com" target="_blank">http://gbenet.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Nottingham mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><pre> Tom,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I am unable to create an ftp account - the technical help am getting is for a standard<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cpanel that you find as a backend to any web site. My virtual server has a cpanel but one is<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>unable to create an ftp account. It's running CENTOS 6.5 x86_64 kvm – 726905<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>WHM 11.44.1 (build 18) - and there is no ability to create and ftp account and the technical<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>help I'm getting all day is utter crap<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>David<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Nottingham mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Nottingham mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><pre>Paul,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I'm running Linux - but after pissing about all day - and eventually telling then they were<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>all brain dead chimpanzees they are last got their act together - I'd still like help<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>because dealing with a virtual server is very different from basic web hosting.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I am a bit brain dead after 6 hours getting help!!!!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>David<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Nottingham mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>Nottingham mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>