Re: [CentOS] vsFTP Question

2009-11-06 Thread John Doe
From: Victor Subervi > Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly > believe there is *no* documentation! Google: "vsftpd centos howto" First link is CentOS wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Chroot_Vsftpd_with_non-system_users Third link is the Deployment_Guide:

Re: [CentOS] vsFTP Question

2009-11-05 Thread John R Pierce
Victor Subervi wrote: > Well, man vsftpd: > > VSFTPD(8) BSD System Managerâs > ManualVSFTPD(8) > > > > SEE ALSO > vsftpd.conf(5) > > Great. What does that say? > the flags are in that .conf file. so... # man vsftpd.conf lists the 10

Re: [CentOS] vsFTP Question

2009-11-05 Thread Victor Subervi
Well, man vsftpd: VSFTPD(8) BSD System Managerâs Manual VSFTPD(8) NAME vsftpd - Very Secure FTP Daemon SYNOPSIS vsftpd [configuration file] DESCRIPTION vsftpd is the Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon. The server can be launched via a âsuper-serverâ Altern

Re: [CentOS] vsFTP Question

2009-11-05 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Victor Subervi wrote: > Hi; > Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly > believe there is *no* documentation! > TIA, > Victor > > ___ There is plenty documentation: http://www.google.co.za/

Re: [CentOS] vsFTP Question

2009-11-05 Thread John R. Dennison
On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 03:44:55PM -0400, Victor Subervi wrote: > Hi; > Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly > believe there is *no* documentation! "man service" to learn how to control services. "man chkconfig" to learn how to enable/disable s

Re: [CentOS] vsFTP Question

2009-11-05 Thread Tony Molloy
On Thursday 05 November 2009 19:44:55 Victor Subervi wrote: > Hi; > Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly > believe there is *no* documentation! > TIA, > Victor man vsftpd /usr/share/doc/vsftp-* Tony -- Dept. of Comp. Sci. University of Limerick. _

Re: [CentOS] vsftp question ?

2007-09-22 Thread Mark D. Foster
Indunil Jayasooriya wrote: > # Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data). > connect_from_port_20=YES > > Should I COMMENT it out? I need a very secure ftp service. Don't bother. Use (enforce) passive instead, it is much friendlier with firewalls. > YOUR ideas? If you re

Re: [CentOS] vsftp question ?

2007-09-22 Thread Alain Spineux
PASIVE vs ACTIVE depend on witch one, the server or the client will open the DATA connection first, this is the client that decide. This is useful if the client is behind a firewall not able to make connection tracking on ftp sessions. Use sftp instead of ftp. sftp is already running if sshd is ru

Re: [CentOS] vsftp question ?

2007-09-22 Thread John R Pierce
Indunil Jayasooriya wrote: Hi, I want to setup vsftp on centos 4.5. 2 types of ftp. they are active and pasive. What is the default type ftp type o CentOS ? Is is PASIVE ftp? in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf, I found below line. What should I do for below line? # Make sure PORT transfer connec