I recently had to setup FTP access on one of my servers which is running Ubuntu 8.04. I decided to go with proftpd tied in with MySQL for authentication. There were a couple of bumps and bruises along the way, but I was able to find some great resources to help me get it setup. That being said, I learned a couple of things along the way that weren't listed in the other tutorials I looked at so I though I would document the steps I used to create my FTP server.