Setting up the FTP server

In the following section, we will learn how to set up an FTP server, which stores all the files uploaded by a user and allows them to download them at any time. This section is not related to Qt, so if you already have a running FTP server, please skip this part and proceed to the next section of this chapter.

Introducing FTP

FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. FTP is used to transfer files from one computer to another on a network, usually over the internet. FTP is just one of the many different forms of cloud storage technology, but it is also a simple one that you can easily set up on your own computer.

There are many different FTP servers that have been developed by different groups...