http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:01:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rhel-fedora-centos-vsftpd-installation.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rhel-fedora-centos-vsftpd-installation.html#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 18:06:12 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=4788 vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon) is an FTP server for UNIX-like systems, including CentOS / RHEL / Fedora and other Linux distributions. It supports IPv6, SSL, locking users to their home directories and many other advanced features.

In this guide you will learn:

1. Setup vsftpd to Provide FTP Service.
2. Configure vsftpd.
3. Configure Firewalls to Protect the FTP Server.
4. Configure vsftpd with SSL/TLS.
5. Setup vsftpd as Download Only Anonymous Internet Server.
6. Setup vsftpd With Virtual Users and Much More.

Read CentOS / RHEL FTP Server Series:

• Red Hat / CentOS VSFTPD FTP Server Configuration
• VSFTPD SSL / TLS Configuration
• VSFTPD Set Download Only Anonymous Internet Server
• CentOS / RedHat: VSFTPD FTP With Virtual Users

]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rhel-fedora-centos-vsftpd-installation.html/feed 17 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/centos-redhat-vsftpd-ftp-with-virtual-users.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/centos-redhat-vsftpd-ftp-with-virtual-users.html#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:17:45 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=4814 VSFTPD supports virtual users with PAM (pluggable authentication modules). A virtual user is a user login which does not exist as a real login on the system in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file. Virtual users can therefore be more secure than real users, because a compromised account can only use the FTP server but cannot login to system to use other services such as ssh or smtp.]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/centos-redhat-vsftpd-ftp-with-virtual-users.html/feed 15 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configure-vsfptd-secure-connections-via-ssl-tls.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configure-vsfptd-secure-connections-via-ssl-tls.html#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:10:31 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=4796 vsftpd FTP server supports secure connections via SSL / TLS, same encryption used with online banking and shopping. This applies to the control connection (including login) and also data connections. You will need a ftp client with SSL support too. ]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configure-vsfptd-secure-connections-via-ssl-tls.html/feed 1 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-installing-configuring-proftpd-ftp-server.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-installing-configuring-proftpd-ftp-server.html#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 13:38:54 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2322 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-installing-configuring-proftpd-ftp-server.html/feed 2