Installing an FTP Server

In this chapter, we use the vsftpd package, which stands for Very Secure FTP Daemon. This particular FTP server offers additional features that make it a more secure choice if you have to use FTP. As with all services that you’d like to offer to your network users, you need to make sure that the appropriate packages are installed. Here’s how.

Step 1. Grab the required package:

# yum install -y vsftpd

Step 2. When the installation is complete, verify it was installed successfully:

# rpm -qa | grep vsftpd
vsftpd-2.2.2-6.el6.x86_64

Step 3. Ensure that the service will start on system boot:

# chkconfig vsftpd on

Step 4. Verify the service starts on boot:

# chkconfig vsftpd --list
vsftpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off