Configuring Secure File Transfer Servers

The Very Secure FTP main configuration file, vsftpd.conf, is located in the /etc directory with the rest of the configuration files. You can edit it as Root. The default settings are designed for minimum setup of an Anonymous server. The Anonymous FTP User Settings section of this file sets up the rules for these users. Following are some suggestions:

• If you want to remove Anonymous access and make it an authenticated server, set anonymous_enable to NO.

• To allow Anonymous download of only files that the World (Others) have Read access to, set anon_world_readable_only to YES.

• To allow Anonymous users to upload files to your server, set anon_upload_enable to YES. This line is commented out by default.

• To allow them to create directories, set anon_mkdir_write_enable to YES. Otherwise, set to NO. This line is commented out by default.

• To allow Anonymous users to write (edit and delete) files in the public directories, set anon_other_write_enable to YES. Otherwise, set to NO.

You can make many adjustments while reading this file. Read the man page for vsftpd.conf (or visit http://www.vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html for the HTML version).