Guide to setup vsFTPD

STEP 1: Install vsFTPD

1. To install FTP Server (vsFTPD)

#yum install vsftpd

2. To install FTP Client

#yum install ftp

STEP 2: Configure vsFTPD

1. Stop vsftpd service

#service vsftpd stop

2. Edit vsftpd config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Parameters Action

anonymous_enable=YES Change value to ‘NO’
chroot_local_user=YES Uncomment parameter

3. (OPTIONAL) If you would like to add banner message

a. Create banner file and enter banner message

#touch /etc/vsftpd/banner
#vi /etc/vsftpd/banner

b. Edit vsftpd config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and add new parameter

banner_file=/etc/vsftpd/banner

4. Set SELinux Booleans parameter ftp_home_dir to 1 to allow to connect logon home directory

#setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1

If this parameter is not set to 1, logon ftp user will fail to connect to home directory

5. Set vsftpd service startup

#chkconfig vsftpd on

6. Start vsftpd service

#service vsftpd start

1. Edit IPTables Config to load IP Modules and Add IPTABLES_MODULES ip_conntrack_ftp

#vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config

2. Edit IPTables Firewall Rules and add Allow FTP Connection

#vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables

Add the following entry before REJECT rules and COMMIT
-A INPUT -J ACCEPT -m state –state NEW -p tcp –dport 21

3. Restart IPTables Service

#service iptables restart