In this post i will show how to install Very Secure FTP (Vsftpd) and how to configure ftp server in linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6). Vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast and it is stable.
- Open-source FTP client supporting Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Cyberduck is a straightforward, open-source FTP client that supports FTP, SFTP, Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3 and various other connections. It lets you download and uplod files.
- SFTP If you have access to a server using a secure shell ( SSH2), most probably sftp-server is also installed and allows you to browse the server with Cyberduck or Mountain Duck. With support for strong ciphers, public key and two factor authentication.
As an example I will install and configure the vsftpd server and will also transfer files from the clients running on the Windows XP command prompt.
-A linux server with ip address 192.168.1.43 running on RHEL 6 Operating system
-A window client with ip address 192.168.1.52 running on Windows XP Pro
-RHEL 6 server Running portmap/rpcbind and xinetd services
-Firewall and SElinux should be off on server
How to Install FTP Server in Linux ?
1. Install vsftpd, rpcbind and xinetd service using the following command :
Before you can login with SFTP, you need to activate SFTP or SSH access in your One.com control panel. Open Cyberduck; Click Open Connection; Select SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) in the dropdown menu; Enter the address of the server in the field Server. (sftp.one-example.com - make sure to enter sftp to connect securely via SFTP.) Enter the. Cyberduck is an FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2 & OpenStack Swift browser to transfer files to your web hosting service provider. Paid Publisher: iterate Downloads: 41. Cyberduck 6.4.1 – FTP and SFTP browser. February 27, 2018 Cyberduck is a robust FTP/FTP-TLS/SFTP browser for the Mac whose lack of visual clutter and cleverly intuitive features make it easy to use.
2. Check vsftpd, xinetd and rpcbind/portmap exist and installed on the server :
3. Make all these services auto start at boot :
4. Check the xinetd and rpcbind status :
5. Create the a new user named ftpuser and set password :
6. Login as ftpuser on other terminal and create a new files named 'files'.
7. Start the vsftpd service :
8. Stop the iptables linux firewall and disabled selinux :
How to Configure FTP Server in Linux ?
9. It's good to make backup of your original configuration file.
Cyberduck 6 4 6 – Ftp And Sftp Browser Settings Chrome
10. login from user account and download the files :
11. Check the contain of downloaded files :
12. By default root account is not allowed to login the vsftpd server as it's exist in /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers.
13. Open /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers file. Remove or comment out the line for user 'root' and add 'ftpuser' instead. Users whose name are set in this file will not allowed to login from ftp.
14. Open /etc/vsftpd/user_list file. Remove or comment out entry in /etc/vsftpd/user_list files. Remove or comment out the line for user 'root' and add 'ftpuser' instead. Users whose names are set in this file are also not allowed to login from ftp even they are not prompt for password.
15. Root now allowed to access ftp server :
16. ftpuser now not allowed to access ftp server :
17. How to set login banner for ftp server :
Open /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf look for 'ftpd_banner' :
Cyberduck 6 4 6 – Ftp And Sftp Browser Settings Windows 10
Uncomment ftpd_banner and customize the login banner string as below :
Cyberduck 6 4 6 – Ftp And Sftp Browser Settings Firefox
18 Restart the ftp service :
19. Try login to ftp server. Check the banner, it will appear before user login as below :
If you encounter any issues on how to configure ftp server in linux, you can put a few questions in the comments below.
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