Hi
I'm doing much the same on my Acer Revo, Ubuntu 9.10 server running apache, mysql and postgresql plus postfix as a mail server.
Cool!
I don't use ftp at all for transferring files (as in archiving, backup, etc.) I export a filesystem from the server so that other systems on the LAN can copy files back and forth pretty transparently.
Ok, that's something I could consider.
You can set up exports from the server so that only specified systems and/or users can read/write so it can be made reasonably secure given that (presumably) it's in a home LAN so physical security is reasonable.
It is, but I want to be able to access it from outside too, so I'd really like to get ftp working too.
Using NFS makes things *much* easier IMHO. Basically all you need to do is install nfs-kernel-server on the server machine.
Yep, very easy install. Thanks.