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vsftpd configuration on Redhat 

Configuration 

Open active and passive ports on your firewall e.g., 

20

21

50000:50999

Make sure it's available, 

rpm -q vsftpd

Note. eventually change user defaults (usermod -D and /etc/skell) 

Configure, 

cd /etc/vsftpd

vi vsftpd.conf

change/add, 

anonymous_enable=no

dirmessage_enable=no

pasv_min_port=50000

pasv_max_port=50999

local_enable=yes

check_shell=yes

chroot_local_user=yes

chroot_list_enable=yes

Note. we're disabling anonymous/ftp account 

Note. we're defining a passive FTP port range 

Launch and enable the daemon at startup, 

service vsftpd restart

chkconfig vsftpd on