Install and configure vsftpd to configure FTP Server in RHEL/Centos

### Configure Vsftpd

[root@testos ~]# yum -y install vsftpd

### Edit/Update vsftpd Configuration file
[root@testos ~]# vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
# line 12: no anonymous
anonymous_enable=NO
# line 82,83: uncomment ( allow ascii mode )
ascii_upload_enable=YES
ascii_download_enable=YES
# line 100, 101: uncomment ( enable chroot )
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=YES
# line 103: uncomment ( specify chroot list )
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
# line 109: uncomment
ls_recurse_enable=YES
# line 114: change ( if use IPv4 )
listen=YES
# line 123: change ( turn to OFF if it's not need )
listen_ipv6=NO
# add follows to the end
# specify root directory ( if don't specify, users' home directory become FTP home directory)
local_root=public_html
# use localtime
use_localtime=YES
# turn off for seccomp filter ( if you cannot login, add this line )
seccomp_sandbox=NO
### Edit chroot list
# add users you allow to move over their home directory

[root@testos ~]# vi /etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

### Start&Enable vsftpd service

[root@testos ~]# systemctl start vsftpd
[root@testos ~]# systemctl enable vsftpd

### If Firewalld is running, allow FTP service.

[root@testos ~]# firewall-cmd –add-service=ftp –permanent
success
[root@testos ~]# firewall-cmd –reload
success

### If SELinux is enabled, change boolean setting.

[root@testos ~]# setsebool -P ftpd_full_access on

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