Install and configure VSFTPD FTP server – RHEL 6 – CentOS 6

1. Install Vsftpd

yum install vsftpd

2. Enable vsftpd service

chkconfig vsftpd on

3. start vsftpd service

service vsftpd start

4. Check ftp port

Netstat –ntl |grep 21

5. Test FTP server access

In the browser enter ftp://IP address of the server. FTP service is running and anonymous access is enabled by default

6. Edit /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Disable anonymous access

Anonymous_enable=NO

• Enable dual logging

Dual_log_enable=YES (This should be put above the ftp port)

Note:- It created /var/log/vsftpd.log file which uses vsftpd log format

• Enable server time for display of files and directors

Use_localtime=YES

• Enable local users to log in

          local_enable=YES

• Enable any form of FTP write command

      write_enable=YES

     7. Open port 21 in Firewall

    # iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 --syn -j ACCEPT

    # service iptables save

    # modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp

    # service iptables restart