FTP Server
It stands for file transfer protocol. It is supported by all the systems and browsers. It is a client-server protocol. This server is used to send files
over to network. This is the widely used server used in the world for transfering files to the server.
Install and Configure FTP server on Centos linux
Step 1: Install vsftpd (very secure ftp daemon) package
#yum install vsftpd
Step 2: Now configure the vsftpd package. We will edit
/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf. We can do this with gedit or vi.
#vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Change the line which contain anonymous_enable=YES to anonymous_enable=NO. This will permit any one to access FTP server with authentication.
Step 3: Uncomment the following line:-
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
Change the line chroot_local_user=NO to chroot_local_user=YES. This will permit local user as FTP account.
Step 4: Now the client call for file and then server initiates file transfer.