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[edit] ProFTPD Installation

pacman -Sy proftpd

[edit] Daemon Configuration

nano /etc/rc.conf ( add 'proftpd' to the DAEMONS list )

[edit] More to Follow

A more in depth installation & configuration tutorial will come about shortly...
To head off a common problem, for anonymous access to work with /bin/false as the shell for the ftp user (the default configuration), you must add the line "RequireValidShell off" to /etc/proftpd.conf. Otherwise anonymous logins will receive a 530 error.