Comment by Peter: FTP is so out. And he is right! When a SSH server runs, SCP will do the job! A good Windows client is WinSCP. Ubuntus Nautilus works too: Just type

ssh://user@server in the adressbar

.

Install proftpd via apt! Although the gui provided by gproftpd is nice, it's not worth the pain (at least on my pc).

#
# /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf -- This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file.
# To really apply changes reload proftpd after modifications.
#

# Includes DSO modules
Include /etc/proftpd/modules.conf

# Set off to disable IPv6 support which is annoying on IPv4 only boxes.
UseIPv6                         off

ServerName                      "Gutsy"
ServerType                      standalone
DeferWelcome                    off

MultilineRFC2228                on
DefaultServer                   on
ShowSymlinks                    on

TimeoutNoTransfer               600
TimeoutStalled                  600
TimeoutIdle                     1200

DisplayLogin                    welcome.msg
DisplayFirstChdir               .message
ListOptions                     "-l"

DenyFilter                      \*.*/

# Use this to jail all users in their homes
# DefaultRoot                   ~

# Users require a valid shell listed in /etc/shells to login.
# Use this directive to release that constrain.
# RequireValidShell             off

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port                            21

# In some cases you have to specify passive ports range to by-pass
# firewall limitations. Ephemeral ports can be used for that, but
# feel free to use a more narrow range.
# PassivePorts                  49152 65534

# If your host was NATted, this option is useful in order to
# allow passive tranfers to work. You have to use your public
# address and opening the passive ports used on your firewall as well.
# MasqueradeAddress             1.2.3.4

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances                    30

# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User                            proftpd
Group                           nogroup

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs
# (second parm) from being group and world writable.
Umask                           022  022
# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
AllowOverwrite                  on



TransferLog /var/log/proftpd/xferlog
SystemLog   /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log

<IfModule mod_tls.c>
  TLSEngine on
  TLSLog /var/log/proftpd/proftpd_tls.log
  TLSProtocol TLSv1
  TLSRequired on
  TLSVerifyClient off
  TLSRSACertificateFile /etc/proftpd/ftpcert/host.cert
  TLSRSACertificateKeyFile /etc/proftpd/ftpcert/host.key
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_quota.c>
  QuotaEngine on
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_ratio.c>
  Ratios on
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_delay.c>
  DelayEngine on
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_ctrls.c>
  ControlsEngine        on
  ControlsMaxClients    2
  ControlsLog           /var/log/proftpd/controls.log
  ControlsInterval      5
  ControlsSocket        /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_ctrls_admin.c>
  AdminControlsEngine on
</IfModule>