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FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a common way of moving files between computers. By default your RimuHosting server will not have FTP enabled.
Do you really need to run FTP? For example, if you are going to be the only person moving files to and from your server, then you may not need it. Try our scp/sftp howto instead.
To enable FTP, first edit the vsftpd.conf file (e.g. vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf). Then:
Then create a non-super user that vsftp will run as. Note: this is not the FTP username you'll use when logging into your FTP server.
# create an unpriviledged user that will run the vsftpd service
adduser -s /sbin/nologin ftpsecure
sed --in-place 's/^anonymous_enable=YES/anonymous_enable=NO/ig' /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
sed --in-place 's/^anon_upload_enable=YES/anon_upload_enable=NO/ig' /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Then, most redhat distributions you can then run:
chkconfig --level 35 vsftpd on && /etc/init.d/vsftpd start
Or, on a RedHat 8 distribution:
vi /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd
# ... and change the disable = yes to disable = no
# then restart xinetd
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart
The ftp daemon will not let you log in as root (?why?). Try a log in as a non-super user. To create such a user:
# add the user, use the -s (shell) option if you do not want the
# user to be able to ssh into the server (else skip it)
adduser -s /sbin/nologin yourusername
passwd yourusername
# you will be prompted for a password
# now, log in to your ftp server using this username and password
By default FTP users can read and write files any files on the server, provided they have access to read/write those files.
You can also set things up so that FTP users only see files under their home
directory. This can often be a more secure setup. To do this just
add chroot_local_user=YES in vsftpd.conf (and restart vsftpd). e.g.
sed --in-place 's/^anonymous_enable=YES/anonymous_enable=NO/ig' /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
sed --in-place 's/^anon_upload_enable=YES/anon_upload_enable=NO/ig' /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
if ! test -e /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf; then
echo /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf not found
elif grep -qai chroot_local_user=YES /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf; then
echo "chroot_local_user directive already existed"
else
echo "Adding the chroot_local_user directive"
echo "chroot_local_user=YES" >> /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
fi
/etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
When a user logs in, if there directory was /home/user/html, they would see /html. They're locked into /home/user, and /home/user becomes their root (/) directory.
