Ubuntu LAMPP Setup [File Permission Issues and FTP Server?]

[swinnie]

Hi Guys,

I've recently setup my server with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on it, mainly as a local development server. But I plan to use linux desktop a bit more in depth later in the year, hence I've used a desktop distribution as it works two-fold.

I installed the linux version of XAMPP (LAMPP) as per this guide. Everything has installed. However:

1. The htdocs folder appears to be permission locked. The folder properties indicates that I am not the owner.
2. I would like to run an FTP Server, but am unsure which server to use and how to configure it so the 'home' directory is pointed at htdocs with usernames and passwords

Many thanks in advance.

 

[lemonade]

You would need root access, what i usually do is right click on the folder and open as administartor ie root, which then gives full access to the folder and its file.

to install ftp service do:

sudo apt-get install vsftpd

then edit the configuration file: /etc/vsftpd.conf

Not sure if thats of any help, but hopefully some pointers.

 

[amkan13]

i wouldnt use xampp at all, for windows it has a use, but not for linux
install apache2, php5 and mysql/postgresql separately through synaptic/add remove programs and your choice of ftp server (my favourite is proftpd for a real server and vsftpd for a lan only server)

use something like webmin for easy administration of your server especially if you are not familiar with config files for the servers but to be honest its not that hard editing the config files directly.