Setting up anonymous FTP is simple. All you need to do is install
the anon-ftp rpm package (which you may have already done at
install time). Once it is installed, anonymous FTP will be up and
running.
There are a few files you might wish to edit to configure your FTP
server.
- /etc/ftpaccess
-
This file defines most of the access control for your ftp server.
Some of the things that you can do are: set up logical ``groups''
to control access from different sites, limit the number of
simultaneous FTP connections, configure transfer logging, and
much more. Read the ftpaccess man page for complete details.
- /etc/ftphosts
-
The ftphosts file is used to allow or deny access to
certain accounts from various hosts. Read the ftphosts
man page for details.
- /etc/ftpusers
-
This file lists all the users that are not allowed to
ftp into your machine. For example, root is listed in
/etc/ftpusers by default. That means that you can not
ftp to your machine and log in as root. This is a good security
measure, but some administrators prefer to remove root
from this file.
