How to Install and Configure vsftpd on CentOS 6

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# install vsftpd on centos 6.5

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My server hostname and IP Address are www.bojiang.me and 122.168.1.33/24 respectively.

## Install vsftpd

All commands should be run with ‘root’ user. Run the following command in terminal to install vsftpd package:

# yum install vsftpd ftp -y

## Configure vsftpd

Edit vsftpd configuration file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf,

# vim /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Find the following lines and make the changes as shown below:

## Set to “NO” ##

change the Anonymous_enable to No

# anonymous_enable=NO

Uncomment

#> ascii_upload_enable=YES
    #> ascii_download_enable=YES

uncomment the local_enable option

# local_enable=YES

Directory All the local users will be jailed within their chroot and will be denied access to any other part of the server

# chroot_local_user=YES

Ftp folder directory.

# local_root=/your/folder/to/ftp

Uncomment - Enter your Welcome message - This is optional

# ftpd_banner=Welcome to UNIXMEN FTP service.

Add at the end of this file

# use_localtime=YES

## Start the vsftpd service

Make it to start automatically on every reboot:

# service vsftpd start
    # chkconfig vsftpd on