Install VSFTPD
yum -y install vsftpd
Configure:
vim /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
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anonymous_enable=NO // line 12: NO is no anonymous YES, you must set home folder for anonymous access
anonymous_enable=YES
anon_root=/home/share/PublicFTP
ascii_upload_enable=YES // line 79: make valid
ascii_download_enable=YES (permit ascii mode transfer)
ls_recurse_enable=YES // line 102: make valid
use_localtime=YES // use local time
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/etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd start
chkconfig vsftpd on //set ftp to autostart
Create a user group:
# groupadd ftp-users
Add users, and make their default directory /home/www/[account]. Make sure that each directory exist prior to sending these commands:
mkdir /home/www
mkdir /home/www/dragoncoin
mkdir /home/www/cafecenter
mkdir /home/www/ocgold
Create users / group on local system + permission:
useradd -g apache -d /home/www/dragoncoin dragoncoin
useradd -g apache -d /home/www/cafecenter cafecenter
useradd -g apache -d /home/www/ocgold ocgold
passwd dragoncoin
passwd ocgold
passwd cafecenter
——– Optional, In the event that users belong to other groups —-
usermod -g apache dragoncoin
usermod -g apache cafecenter
usermod -g apache ocgold
Set ownership for each account:
chmod 750 /home/www
chown root:apache /home/www
chown -R dragoncoin:apache /home/www/dragoncoin
chown -R cafecenter:apache /home/www/cafecenter
chown -R ocgold:apache /home/www/ocgold
Root folders for each user upon FTP logon:
usermod -d /home/www/dragoncoin dragoncoin
usermod -d /home/www/cafecenter cafecenter
usermod -d /home/www/ocgold ocgold
Optional: Create a link from the anon_ftpuser’s home folder to /var/www/public
ln -s /var/www/public /home/share/PublicFTP
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Check Home Directory
Does the user’s home directory even exist? Check /etc/passwd for the current home directory for the user and see what’s set:
# grep someuser /etc/passwd
someuser:x:10001:2524::/var/www/someuser:/bin/bash
In this case, does /var/www/someuser exist? If it doesn’t, fix that and then move onto the next solution if you’re still having problems
File/Directory Permissions
Be sure that the user that you are logging in as actually has permissions to be in the directory. This affects users that have home directories of /var/www/html because the execute bit normally isn’t set for the world on /var/www or /var/www/html. Make sure that the appropriate permissions and ownerships are set, and this should help eliminate the issue.
SELINUX
If SELINUX is rearing its ugly head on the server, this can be a problem. Check your current SELINUX status and disable it if necessary:
# setenforce
Enforcing
# setenforce 0
Try to login over FTP again and you should have a success. If you want to turn off SELINUX entirely, adjust /etc/sysconfig/selinux (RHEL4) or /etc/selinux/config (RHEL5).
Here is another fix for the ftp issue with home directories, in case you cant turn selinux off:
setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1
service vsftpd restart