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Configuring Vsftpd FTP Server on CentOS
You can configure vsftpd FTP Server on CentOS by following these instructions:
- The default vsftpd configuration file is /etc/vsftpd/.conf. You need to edit this file using a text editor such as VI using the following command:
$ sudo vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
- To allow local users to log in via ftp, add the following line to the vsftpd configuration file:
local_enable=YES
- If you would like to allow users to upload files, add the following:
write_enable=YES
- For security you may restrict local users to their home directories. To do that, add the following to the file:
chroot_local_user=YES
- Save and close the file.
- Restart vsftpd service using the following command:
$ sudo service vsftpd restart
- In order to ensure that vsftpd runs at boot, run chkconfig:
chkconfig vsftpd on
Congratulations, you have configured vsftpd FTP Server on CentOS.
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