This is the step-by-step installation of vsftpd that actually works. If you have website that runs wordpress, you might want to enable this to be able install/update your wordpress plugin.
Install vsftpd and start the service:
$ sudo apt-get install vsftpd -y $ sudo systemctl start vsftpd.service $ sudo systemctl enable vsftpd.service
Open vsftpd.conf file, and make sure these lines below are enabled:
$ sudo vim /etc/vsftpd.conf ... ... local_enable=YES chroot_local_user=YES allow_writeable_chroot=YES write_enable=yes
Restart the service:
$ sudo systemctl restart vsftpd.service
Create local user:
$ sudo useradd ftpuser -s /bin/bash -md /srv/ftpuser $ sudo passwd ftpuser
Make sure your user format is looks like this:
$ cat /etc/passwd ftpuser:x:1000:1000::/srv/ftpuser:/bin/bash
Test your ftp user out:
$ ftp example.com