How to set up VSFTPD Server and FTP Account in AlmaLinux

sudo dnf install vsftpd

sudo mv /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf_original

sudo vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Add the following code to vsftpd.conf:

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anonymous_enable=NO

connect_from_port_20=YES

dirmessage_enable=YES

local_enable=YES

local_umask=022

listen=NO

listen_ipv6=YES

pam_service_name=vsftpd

userlist_enable=YES

write_enable=YES

xferlog_enable=YES

xferlog_std_format=YES

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cat /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 

sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=ftp --permanent

sudo firewall-cmd --reload

sudo systemctl restart vsftpd

sudo useradd -m testftpuser

sudo passwd testftpuser

sudo bash -c "echo TO CHECK WORKING OF FTP > /home/baycombd/FTP_CHECK"

chown -R testftpuser /home/testftpuser

Note: Up to this user can access FTP files via ftp client application like FileZilla

The following is additional setup for FTP and sftp

sudo dnf install ftp

ftp 127.0.0.1

sudo dnf install openssh-server openssh-clients

sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

sudo systemctl restart sshd

sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=ssh --permanent

sudo firewall-cmd --reload

sudo groupadd sftpgroup

sudo useradd -m sftpuser -g sftpgroup

sudo passwd sftpuser

sudo chmod 700 /home/sftpuser/