How to setup vsftpd on CentOS 6

Step 1: As with any new server, it’s always important to ensure your system is up to date. so you can use the following command to update it.

Step 2: Next you need to install VSFTPD on your virtual private server in the command line. And install  the FTP client also.

Step 3: Once VSFTPD installed successfully, we need to edit the configuration file, find the following command to edit the ftp configuration.

Disallow anonymous unidentified users to access files via FTP; change the anonymous_enable setting to NO:

anonymous_enable= NO

Allow local uses to login by changing the local_enable setting to YES:

local_enable=YES

If you want local user to be able to write to a directory, then change the write_enable setting to YES:

write_enable=YES

When this line chroot_local_user is set to yes. all the local users will be jailed within their chroot and will be denied access to any other part of the server

chroot_local_user=YES

Finally save and exit the file with the following command :wq

Step 4: Restart the VSFTPD service, using the following command

Step 5: In order to ensure that VSFTPD runs at boot, run chkconfig

That’s It, VSFTPD will installed successfully on your virutal private server.

Thank you…..!