FTP server is used to exchange files between computers over network . This guide helps you to setup ftp server on centos 7 . This guide contains configuration steps for both FTP and SFTP as well as user creation . Here we have used VSFTP package which is secure and less vulnerable .
SETUP FTP SERVER ON CENTOS 7
Step 1 » Update your repository and install VSFTPD package .
[nepalisupport@blog~]# yum update -y (update your installed packages)
[nepalisupport@blog~]# yum install -y vsftpd
Step 2 » After installation you can find /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file which is the main configuration file for VSFTP.
Take a backup copy before making changes.
[nepalisupport@blog~]# cp /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf_bak
Now open the file and make changes as below;
[nepalisupport@blog~]# vim /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
and edit following lines,
1. Find this line anonymous_enable=YES ( Line no : 12 ) and change value to NO to disable anonymous FTP access.
anonymous_enable=NO
2. Allow local uses to login by changing local-enable
local_enable=YES
3. If you want local user to write to directory,
write_enable=YES
4. Local users will be çhroot jailed’& Denined
chroot_local_user=YES
and add the below lines at the end of the file to enable passive mode and allow chroot writable.
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
pasv_enable=Yes
pasv_min_port=40000
pasv_max_port=40100
Then save and exit.
Now restart and enable vsftpd services.
[nepalisupport@blog~]# systemctl restart vsftpd
[nepalisupport@blog~]# systemctl enable vsftpd
As per your system security, you can configure firewall or disable it. To fix through firewall:-
[nepalisupport@blog~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=21/tcp
[nepalisupport@blog~]# firewall-cmd --reload
That’s it, you have successfully install vsftpd on your machine.
By default your vsftpd data are stored in /home, so you can
If you cannot log in or access or get any error, then try changing chroot_local_user setting in vsftpd.conf file as,
chroot_local_user= NO
If you encounter any problem, please be free to contact us.
Thank you.
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