Setting up FTP Server on RedHat 9

[hornet77]

Not sure if I'm trying to make this more complicated than it really is but...

Soon, I will be doing a fresh install of RedHat 9 on a machine and I need to make it a FTP Server. What are the steps (if different from a normal install) involved in this? I will probably be using vsftp.

Thanks!

 

[thedaver]

vsftpd is well documented and widely preferred for security.
check google and the linux documentation project ( tldp.org ) for more howto's



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[ianicr]

RH9 comes as standard with vsftp. All you need to do to get a basic ftp service running on it is:
/etc/init.d/vsftpd start
The config file is pretty easy to understand and lives in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
If you need it to run when the machine starts do
chkconfig vsftpd on

 

[gogav]

Be sure when installing RH to install ftp as one of the packages.

Once installed, check to see if ftp (vsftpd) is running after boot by typing "netstat -a" and looking for the ftp service. If it is not and you wish it to start vsftpd automatically at boot up, use the setup program by typing 'setup', selecting 'system service' and then checking the 'vsftp' option. To manually start and stop use:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd restart