ProFTPD and VSFTPD Server Installation

Vsftpd installation and simple configuration - CentOS 5.2

1. Install the package via yum.

$ yum install vsftpd.i386

2. The default configuration is located at /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf, edit and apply configurations below.

# Allow anonymous FTP?
anonymous_enable=NO

# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES

# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES

# Add this line to jail users on their home directories.
chroot_local_user=YES

3. Start VSFTPD

$ /etc/init.d/vsftpd start

Proftpd Vsftpd installation and simple configuration - CentOS 5.2

1. Login as root, download and install the package:

$ wget http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/centos/5.2/i386/proftpd-1.3.0a-3.el4.i386.rpm
$ rpm -ivh proftpd-1.2.10-1.fc1.i386.rpm

2. The default configuration can be found at /etc/proftpd.conf, edit and apply configurations below.

ServerType standalone
DefaultServer on

# Use this to excude users from the chroot
DefaultRoot ~ !adm

# Use pam to authenticate (default) and be authoritative
AuthPAMConfig proftpd
AuthOrder mod_auth_pam.c* mod_auth_unix.c

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port 21

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask 022

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
MaxInstances 20

3. To start the daemon, run:
$ /etc/init.d/proftpd start

Other daemon commands:
$ /etc/init.d/proftpd stop
$ /etc/init.d/proftpd reload
$ /etc/init.d/proftpd restart

4. To automatically start ProFTPD during bootup.
$ chkconfig --level 3 proftpd on