pro ftp installation

I created this document based on redhat 6.x, If you are using redhat 7.x, just substitute "/etc/rc.d/init.d/" with "/etc/init.d/" as the directory structure is slightly different in redhat 7.x.

Download Site: http://www.proftpd.net/

Installation Instructions:

Download the RPM’s both core and standalone

Install rpm's, core then standalone  "# rpm -Uvh name of rpm file"

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the line starting ftp

Edit /etc/proftpd.conf and change the group the server runs as from nogroup to nobody

To restrict ftp to your local network add the <Limit> info at bottom of proftpd.conf to look like below sample.  To set home directory add DefaultRoot /namedirectory here like below example.

To start ftp services type /etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd start

To get a list of commands you can issue to proftpd /etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd –help

Note: below example has all of the anonamous stuff removed.  This example will only allow users with a valid shell to login.

# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use.  It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login.  It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.
ServerName                            "Boo"
ServerType                           standalone
DefaultServer                          on
ServerIdent                             off
<# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port                                         21
# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask                                     022
# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances                          10
# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User                                        nobody
Group                                      nobody
# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
<Directory /*>
  AllowOverwrite                    on
</Directory>
<Limit LOGIN>
  Order allow, deny
  Allow from XXX.XXX.XXX. <put first 2 octets of you subnet here.
  Deny from all
</Limit>
# this defines the ftp directory.
DefaultRoot /wwwroot