VSFTPD - Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon
Features:
1. FTPD
2. Chroot jail
3. anonymous and local-user auth
4. Rate-limiting
To Install 'vsftpd'
yum -y install vsftpd or rpm -ivh
To Start the server
service vsftpd start
To verify the status of port and listening
netstat -ntlp | grep 21
Configure service to start when system boots into multi-user runlevel
a. chkconfig vsftpd on
b. chkconfig --list vsftpd
To Connect to the FTPD service:
a. Use web browser, which defaults to anonymous
b. Use standard FTP client, as anonymous
c. setsebool -P ftp_home_dir=1 - permits users access to their home directory
d. service vsftpd restart - for changes to take effect
Edit the Configuration file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf for various options.
To Chroot jail local users & disable 'anonymous' access
a. chroot_local_user=YES - this jails users
b. service vsftpd restart - for changes to take effect
c. test connectivity as 'anonymous' and 'non-anonymous' users
To Enable IPv6 listener:
a. listen_ipv6=YES - DO NOT USE WITH 'listen=YES(IPv4)'
To Restrict 'non-anonymous' user's transfer rate
local_max_rate=1000 - restricts connections to 1000/bps (1K/s)
