Set up an ftp server

There is a multitude of ftp servers that you can run, Pro-FTP, WS-FTP, VS-FTP and so on. Just do not confuse them with TFTP which is another protocol. In this article we will install an FTP server.

SLES 11 SP 1

• Install the software

yast -i vsftpd

• Start it

/etc/init.d/vsftpd start

• Make start when booting

chkconfig vsftpd on

• enable all operating system users of the local computer to log in to ftp

Edit /etc/vsftpd.conf, set the line

local_enable=YES

• restart the service to make sure the configuration is used

/etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

• verify the ftp port is open

# nmap localhost

Starting Nmap 4.75 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-12-09 02:46 EST
Warning: Hostname localhost resolves to 2 IPs. Using 127.0.0.1.
Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1):
Not shown: 989 closed ports
PORT     STATE SERVICE
21/tcp   open  ftp
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