Using the YaST module, you can configure your machine to function as a FTP server. Anonymous and/or authenticated users can connect to your machine and download and, depending on the configuration, upload files using the FTP protocol. YaST provides a unified configuration interface for various FTP server daemons installed on your system.
The YaST configuration module can be used to configure two different FTP server daemons: vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon) and pure-ftpd. Only installed servers can be configured. Standard openSUSE media does not contain the pure-ftpd package. However, if the pure-ftpd package is installed from another repository, it can be configured using the YaST module.
vsftpd and pure-ftpd have slightly different configuration options, especially in the dialog. This chapter describes the settings of the vsftpd for being the default server for openSUSE.
To configure the FTP server with run YaST and choose . If no FTP server is installed, you will be asked which server should be installed. Choose a server and confirm the dialog.