RHCE Preparation/ How to configure FTP Server

  
  1.Install service

#yum install vsftpd

#chkconfig vsftpd on

    2.Set IPTABLES Rules

#iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT

#service iptables save

   3.Set Selinux

#getsebool -a |grep ftp

[root@localhost Desktop]# getsebool -a |grep ftp

allow_ftpd_anon_write --> off

allow_ftpd_full_access --> off

allow_ftpd_use_cifs --> off

allow_ftpd_use_nfs --> off

ftp_home_dir --> off

ftpd_connect_db --> off

ftpd_use_passive_mode --> off

httpd_enable_ftp_server --> off

tftp_anon_write --> off

#setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on

    4.Anonymous download only

#vim /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Comment local_enable=YES to allow local users to log in.; anonymous are enabled by default

# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.

#local_enable=YES

# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).

anonymous_enable=YES

    5.Load ip_conntrack_ftp Module

#vim /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config

IPTABLES_MODULES="ip_conntrack_ftp"

#service iptables restart 

#service vsftpd start

    6.Install FTP Client

#yum install ftp  (for the client)

  7. Download test file via ftp client

#ftp 192.244.12.33

Create file named test under /var/ftp/pub

#touch /var/ftp/pub/test

[root@localhost Desktop]# ftp 172.17.128.3 Connected to 172.17.128.3 (172.17.128.3). 220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2) Name (172.17.128.3:root): anonymous 331 Please specify the password. Password: 230 Login successful. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> ^C ftp> ls 227 Entering Passive Mode (172,17,128,3,249,247). 150 Here comes the directory listing. drwxr-xr-x    2 0        0            4096 Dec 15 11:31 pub 226 Directory send OK. ftp> cd pub 250 Directory successfully changed. ftp> ls 227 Entering Passive Mode (172,17,128,3,76,79). 150 Here comes the directory listing. -rw-r--r--    1 0        0               0 Dec 15 11:31 test 226 Directory send OK. ftp> get test local: test remote: test 227 Entering Passive Mode (172,17,128,3,146,62). 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for test (0 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. ftp>bye

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