{"id":4802,"date":"2013-12-19T00:13:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T16:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/?p=4802"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:48:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:48:20","slug":"setup-vsftpd-service-on-centos-6-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/setup-vsftpd-service-on-centos-6-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Setup vsftpd Service on CentOS 6.5"},"content":{"rendered":"

vsftpd is a free FTP service for UNIX and linux systems. It is very stable, fast and secure ftp server. In this post, i will share how to setup sftpd Service on CentOS 6.5. The steps has been tested working fine with other version of CentOS 6.<\/p>\n

1. Install vsftpd ftp service :<\/p>\n

\n[root@server-05 ~]# yum install vsftpd -y\n<\/pre>\n
Example :<\/p>\n
\n[root@server-05 ~]# yum install vsftpd -y\nLoaded plugins: fastestmirror\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\n * base: mirror.upsi.edu.my\n * extras: mirror.upsi.edu.my\n * updates: mirror.upsi.edu.my\nSetting up Install Process\nResolving Dependencies\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package vsftpd.x86_64 0:2.2.2-11.el6_4.1 will be installed\n--> Finished Dependency Resolution\n\nDependencies Resolved\n\n====================================================================================================\n Package              Arch                 Version                         Repository          Size\n====================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n vsftpd               x86_64               2.2.2-11.el6_4.1                base               151 k\n\nTransaction Summary\n====================================================================================================\nInstall       1 Package(s)\n\nTotal download size: 151 k\nInstalled size: 331 k\nDownloading Packages:\nvsftpd-2.2.2-11.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm                                           | 151 kB     00:03\nRunning rpm_check_debug\nRunning Transaction Test\nTransaction Test Succeeded\nRunning Transaction\n  Installing : vsftpd-2.2.2-11.el6_4.1.x86_64                                                   1\/1\n  Verifying  : vsftpd-2.2.2-11.el6_4.1.x86_64                                                   1\/1\n\nInstalled:\n  vsftpd.x86_64 0:2.2.2-11.el6_4.1\n\nComplete!\n<\/pre>\n
2. Install ftp client on linux :<\/p>\n
\n[root@server-05 ~]# yum install ftp -y\n<\/pre>\n
3. Create local user1 to access ftp service.<\/p>\n
\n[root@server-05 ~]# useradd user1\n[root@server-05 ~]# passwd user1\nChanging password for user user1.\nNew password:\nRetype new password:\npasswd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.\n<\/pre>\n
4. Add user1 into vsftpd userlist as below :<\/p>\n
\n[root@server-05 ~]# vi \/etc\/vsftpd\/user_list\n<\/pre>\n
\nroot\nbin\ndaemon\nadm\nlp\nsync\nshutdown\nhalt\nmail\nnews\nuucp\noperator\ngames\nnobody\nuser1\n<\/pre>\n
5. Disabled anonymous access:<\/p>\n
\nanonymous_enable=YES\n<\/pre>\n
to below :<\/p>\n
\nanonymous_enable=NO\n<\/pre>\n
6. Add the following to bottom of the config file. If userlist_deny=NO, only allow users in this file :<\/p>\n
\nuserlist_deny=NO\n<\/pre>\n
7. Update the following banner :<\/p>\n
\nftpd_banner=Welcome to ehowstuff FTP service.\n<\/pre>\n
8. Start vsftpd service :<\/p>\n
\n[root@server-05 ~]# service vsftpd start\nStarting vsftpd for vsftpd:                                [  OK  ]\n<\/pre>\n
9. Configure vsftpd daemon start automatically on booting :<\/p>\n
\n[root@server-05 ~]# chkconfig vsftpd on\n<\/pre>\n
10. Test ftp service connection from windows client using user1 :<\/p>\n
\n\nC:\\>ftp 192.168.0.5\nConnected to 192.168.0.5.\n220 Welcome to ehowstuff FTP service.\nUser (192.168.0.5:(none)): user1\n331 Please specify the password.\nPassword:\n230 Login successful.\nftp> bye\n221 Goodbye.\n<\/pre>\n
11. Test ftp service connection from linux client using user1 :<\/p>\n
\n[root@server-05 ~]# ftp 192.168.0.5\nConnected to 192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5).\n220 Welcome to ehowstuff FTP service.\nName (192.168.0.5:root): user1\n331 Please specify the password.\nPassword:\n230 Login successful.\nRemote system type is UNIX.\nUsing binary mode to transfer files.\nftp> exit\n221 Goodbye.\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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