How to Set Up an SFTP Server on Linux
Any Linux server distribution is a very powerful server that performs above and beyond what your business might need. Whatever task you throw at the server, it will be ready. And, if it isn’t ready out of the box, you can make it so. If you aren’t sure about SFTP, it is the FTP service built into Secure Shell (SSH), which allows users to securely push and pull files to and from the server, using SSH. I’m going to walk you through the process of setting up an SFTP server. I’ll demonstrate by creating a single user that is limited to only SFTP logins. Once you know how to do this, you can create as many users as you need. This process will work on any Linux distribution. Let’s make it work. SEE: Troubleshooting Linux: An Admin’s Guide (TechRepublic Premium) What you’ll need You’ll need access to an account with admin rights. Once you’ve procured that access, it’s time to make this work. SFTP Directory The first thing we must do is create a directory …
