You may wonder how to access web server via FTP when you are running XAMPP client or virtual linux OS running a server stack; well, the guide below may be helpful for you.
You have to create FTP user via terminal commands and give a file permission to where your web file resides.
Assuming you have XAMPP running by clicking Start button in General tab. In Services tab, make sure ProFTPD is also running as small circle turns green as indicator or just enable by clicking Start All button.
Now you are able to run Linux Debian as virtual OS which ables you to do commands via terminal by clicking Open Terminal via General Settings. You may see interface similar to the image below.
When you are able to open the terminal, you have to follow these steps.
Step 1. Create new group of users called ftp.
groupadd ftpStep 2. Create new user if you don’t have custom one, or else just skip this step.
useradd johnStep 3. Add newly created account to ftpgroup
usermod -a -G ftp john
Step 4. Change ownership and file permission where htdocsfolder is where your web files reside. Usually it found in this path /opt/lampp/htdocs
chown john:ftp /opt/lampp/htdocs Step 5. Use FTP credentials in your FTP client e.g. Filezilla
Host: IP address found in Xampp’s General tab
User: john
Password: nominated password in useraddcommand
That’s it! I hope you have enjoyed this guide and please feel free to leave a comment below if I missed some important points.
