Lets see how we can configure a secure FTP server on CentOS RHEL 6 / 7
First, you need to install the vsftp package on your server
yum install -y vsftpd
Once installed, lets start editing the configuration file,
vim /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Line #12 disable anonymous FTP access, with the below configuration change.
anonymous_enable=NO
Chroot / Jail FTP users to their home directory
by default, any FTP user can login and access the entire files on the systems including /etc which is extremely dangerous.
Line #100 , enable the below setting.
[sociallocker]chroot_local_user=YES
also add the below new setting to the vsftpd.conf file
allow_writeable_chroot=YES[/sociallocker]
Now, Start the service and enable the service on boot.
systemctl restart vsftpd systemctl enable vsftpd
Now the FTP users will be able to login and access their home directory only.
