Sep 24, 2015 - Setup FTP in OS X Server 5 for El Capitan and Yosemite. I like to use the ftp command line interface built into OS X. To test, type ftp followed. Setting up your Mac as an FTP Server. If you setup your Mac as a FTP server other Mac and Windows Users on the interenet can access files on your Mac. Home - Android - iOS - El Capitan OSX 10.11 - Yosemite OS X 10.10 - Mavericks OS X 10.9 - Mountain Lion OSX 10.8 - Lion OS X 10.7 - Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 - Leopard OS X 10.5 - Tiger OS X 10.

The FTP user's home folder is defined in the System Preferences 'Users and Groups' app. Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Users and Groups. The magic is using the [Control] + [Click] secret option. While holding down the [Control] key, click on the user in the list of users and the secret 'Advanced Options' menu will appear.

Change the user's home directory to whatever you want in the ensuing options screen. Then when ever a service (SSH, FTP, etc.) logs in, this configured new home directory will be the starting point. However, be very careful as any errors could cause the user to be unreachable / corrupted and if it's the only admin user on your system, you could lock yourself out permanently. FURTHERMORE, it is strongly recommended that you setup a dedicated separate user for FTP. Not the main system user. This separate user would have the customized home directory.

Does El Capitan have a built in FTP tool that will enable me to do all the same things that FileZilla would?FTP has been built into the last several versions of OS X. I'm not sure why Apple doesn't tell people about this. It's a really cleanly implemented feature. Go to the Finder by clicking on the Finder icon (the one with a face that is two-tone blue) in your Dock.

(Or just click on your desktop if it is visible.) In the Go menu choose Connect to Server, and enter the FTP server's address. Click on Connect, or just hit Return. You may get a dialog asking for a user name and password. Once logged-in a new window will appear on your Mac's desktop for the FTP server looking more or less just like a window for a folder on your hard drive. Transfer files by simple drag and drop into and out of this window! If you want to add a bookmark to ‘Favorite Servers’ for repeated connections, click on the + icon next to the “Server Address” field.

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