ftp on Debian

[popear]

I got the standard installation from Rimu for Debian 3.1 Sarge and want to use ftp (right now to upload files from Dreamweaver, but perhaps for other things later).

this page talks about ftp on rimu:

http://rimuhosting.com/howto/ftp.jsp

but it seems not to apply to me because there is no ftp on my server and no corresponding vsftpd.config which the above page refers to.

I found sftp which oddly enough is not even on the Debian site. Sure I could just install ftp from debian.org, but I'm not sure it's the best thing, I might want a more secure server so:

1. Maybe I should just use this sftp program but how to do it?
1. what is the best ftp-like server that will be able to convince dreamweaver that it is an ftp server.
2. why do I seemingly have a non-debian ftp-server on my server and why is there no corresponding config file?

[retep]

sftp is an ftp like protocol over ssh. It typically runs wherever you have ssh installed (i.e. on any of our servers). So if you can use that, go for it. a google search should come up with some sftp clients. or perhaps winscp will do?

Debian has vsftpd. So our howto should work. Though the config files may be in a slightly different location. If you get stuck pop in a support ticket and we can often help.