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Install Vsftpd

1.Frist, use yum to install it.

yum install vsftpd

When the install is done, you can start vsftpd using following command:

service vsftpd start

Then you can login anonymous ftp server using any ftp software like FlashFXP.
Note: The default anonymous ftp user home is “/var/ftp/”.

Configure Vsftpd and add FTP user

2.Open the file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Edit the configure file

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
chown_uploads=NO
xferlog_std_format=YES
listen=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
chroot_local_user=YES

3.Add ftp user

adduser -d /var/ftp/ftpuser -g ftp -s /sbin/nologin ftpuser

You can change “ftpuser” to another name you like.
And you can also change the user root dir “/var/ftp/ftpuser” to another one.

4.Restart the vsftpd service

service vsftpd restart

5.Finally, you can login ftp server using your own username and password.