Steps to Setup Anonymous FTP Server in Ubuntu using vsftpd

Hi All,

There are many articles on setting FTP server in Ubuntu using vsftpd, but I found that  most of them don't talk about the Anonymous FTP server. So here are the details.
Step 1. Install vsftpd
         > sudo apt-get install vsftpd

Step 2. Need to change the configuration file so that anonymous user can access it.
        > sudo chmod  777 /etc/vsftpd.conf
        > sudo gedit /etc/vsftpd.conf
        > look for anonymous_enable and put its value as YES.
        > if you want to enable local access also, set local_enable as YES.
        > Most important give the directory location where you will put all the files which you want to share.
        for that look for anon_root, if not there then put it there and set its value with location like /home/ftp.

Step 3. your ftp server has been configured now. just start the service
        > sudo service vsftpd restart   or   sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd start

That's it. just type the ip in browser and you will be able to see all the files in the /home/ftp folder.