Delete files older than 180 days in Linux

Sometimes you want to remove old files on a server.

Show all files older 180 days:

$ find . -mtime +180 -print

Delete all files older 180 days:

$ find . -mtime +180 -delete;

or

$ find . -mtime +180 -exec rm -f {} \;

FTP server install and config

vsftpd

sudo apt-get -y install vsftpd

nano /etc/vsftpd.conf

• anonymous_enable=NO
• local_enable=YES
• write_enable=YES
• chroot_local_user=YES

sudo service vsftpd restart

sudo chmod a-w /home/user/

proftpd

sudo apt install proftpd
nano /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf 

• RequireValidShell off 
• AuthUserFile /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd 
• DefaultRoot

cd /etc/proftpd

ftpasswd --passwd --name=ftp_upload --home=/var/www/upload --shell=/sbin/nologin --uid=48 --gid=48

service proftpd restart