How to configure FTP Server (vsftp) in RHEL 6 ?

This article contains instructions to configure a basic FTP Server.

Let us begin. Install the necessary packages.

[root@ora ~]#  yum –y install vsftp*

Open the file and edit and add as mentioned below:

[root@ora ~]#  vi  /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

# At line 12

Anonymous_enable=no

# At line 80 and 81 uncomment the following.

ascii_upload_enable=YES
ascii_download_enable=YES

# At line 95,96 uncomment the following.

chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=YES

# At line 98 uncomment the following.

chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

# At line 104 uncomment the following.
ls_recurse_enable=YES

# Add the following at the last line

local_root=public_html

# use localtime

Use_localtime=YES

[root@ora ~]#  vi  /etc/vsftpd/chroot_list 

# jail users or limits users to only their home directory.

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[root@ora ~]#  service  vsftpd  restart

Configure the service to start with other services after every reboot.

[root@ora ~]#  chkconfig vsftpd on