By radio1
I’m new. I just installed Apache, PHP and the FTP server on my new droplet (Ubuntu 14.04 x32). Apache works, I get the default page alright. The FTP server works (I installed according to instructions in the Digital Ocean help files), but when I log onto FTP I only see my files/ folder (empty). I do not see the /var/www/html/ folders. Also when I access with putty, I see my files/ folder when I log on with my created user (again following beginners instructions), but I see nothing when I log on with root. Am I doing something wrong? I just want now to upload my files so that they can be accessible from the web. Thanks.
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Got it!! <br>I just had to access with SSH/SFTP (port 22), instead of regular FTP (port 21). <br> <br>Problem solved. <br> <br>
Your solution is just right, since plain FTP is very insecure and easy to sniff. If you really want to use FTP you can create a user just for uploading files into your Webroot, by making /var/www/ (or whatever your Webfolder is) to its home directory and chroot it to this directory.
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