How To Setup FTP Server with VsFTPd on Fedora 34/33

VsFTPd stands for 「Very Secure FTP Daemon「. So the name of this FTP server also tells that it already have many secur, But now a days security is the first priority for everyone. Our earlier article install vsftpd in centos/rhel describes the basic setup only.

This article will help you to install vsftpd on Fedora systems.

Step 1 – Install VsFTPd

The vsftpd server packages are available under CentOS/RHEL and Fedora default repositories. Just install the package using the following command.

sudo dnf install vsftpd 

Step 2 – Configure Basic Settings

Now Edit VsFTPd configuration file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and do the some basic settings like below. If you are configuring FTP for private users then we strictly advice to disable anonymous login.

1. Allow anonymous FTP? Set this value to NO to disable anonymous login. default value is YES

     anonymous_enable=NO 

2. Uncomment below line to allow local system users to log in via ftp

      local_enable=YES

3. Uncomment below line to enable any form of FTP write command like, creating or uploading files and directory.

      write_enable=YES

4. Also uncomment the below line to chroot users

      chroot_local_user=YES

Step 3 – Manage VsFTPd Service

After making all configuration changes restart vsftpd service and try to connect to your FTP server using FileZilla.

systemctl enable vsftpd.service
systemctl start vsftpd.service

Let’s open FileZilla client software and connect to your server like the following screenshots.

Your setup has been successfully completed. You can visit this article to install FileZilla ftp client on Ubuntu, Debian and LinuxMint.