FTP not working

[woodyak]

I just did a fresh install of RH71 and FTP is not working. I verified that both wu-ftpd and anonftp are installed. How do I get basic FTP up and running?

[scanez]

Check /etc/xinetd.conf (or the /etc/xinet.d directory, been a while since I've used RH) and make sure that ftp is enabled through there.

Good luck
SC

[Dark Ninja]

Are you talking about FTP as a server? Or just connecting to another server on the FTP protocol?


Dark Ninja

[woodyak]

My /etc/xinetd.conf file doesn't have anything mentioning FTP. It has only 6 lines of stuff.

What daemon does FTP use? I've found a few *ftpd files but none of them does anything. I can't find a man entry for wuftp either. Very bizarre stuff.

[dud]

xinetd.conf contains only the default configuration for any services offered in the machine. To enable a ftp server on redhat 7.1 you must go to /etc/xinetd.d/ and edit the wu-ftp file.
it must contains a line
disable = no
and
server = /path_to/wu.ftpd

that should do it.

[woodyak]

Worked like a charm. I had to reboot to get it to work. Do you have any recommendations on setting up chroot for individual ftp accounts that are connecting?

[imfscked]

I had heard that wu-ftp doesnt chroot very well.. Most recommend that you use alternate packages if you are putting up a serious ftp site...