How to add users in VSFTPD in RHEL 4

[Roasted]

I' am so confused to use linux Red hat and Management is so much difficult because I am searching for some documentation which can help me to find out the adding user to this VSFTPD program.

Linux is much complex to use,Can you all help me to find out the perfect solution for this very problem ...Your help would be appreciated ...

Thanks..

[SalVatore]

This is one of the configuration files for network user management and it is a system file provided as default .

It manages some primary activities such as -

1. Allow anonymous FTP
2. Anonymous_enable=YES
3. Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
4. Local_enable=YES

local users suffice as ftp users also. So create a new user on your machine and because of security causes change her shell as /bin/nologin.

[Dr. V]

I got something for you and actually it is not exactly a tutorial but the few of the steps through which you can add users in vsftpd

Just you have to enter few linux commands to change the configuration and go forward. There are two primary location where you can find this file as specified there :

#edit /etc/vsftpd.conf or /opt/etc/vsftpd.conf

[Devasis]

In case of the ftp users, The system users are valid in the ftp(vsftp) service. For instance, If you have a "Test" user in the local system, you can do this as :

ftp <ip address>

And just put the name of the user of the system as "Test" and associated password for that user. If you need some security what you could do is create chroot in the following /etc/vsftpd.conf file and limit the users to a gage.

The following are the values for specified as -

chroot_local_user=yes #To enable the chroot users
chroot_list_enable=yes #To enable the chroot
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.chroot_list #add the users to this file.

[Solomon]

For adding user, you have to open the vsftpd.conf file and find out -


chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list or /opt/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
chroot_list_enable=YES

After editing the following parameter with appropriate values, Save and close the file and create vsftpd.chroot_list in the either of the following
location

/etc/ or /opt/etc/

Add the name of user what you need to export to ftp.

NO0TE: The user should already be a system user having valid password. In case ,user you are going to add is not a system user then you need create that user first before editing the above file.
#adduser
#passwd