Hi; Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly believe there is *no* documentation! TIA, Victor
On Thursday 05 November 2009 19:44:55 Victor Subervi wrote:
Hi; Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly believe there is *no* documentation! TIA, Victor
man vsftpd
/usr/share/doc/vsftp-*
Tony
On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 03:44:55PM -0400, Victor Subervi wrote:
Hi; Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly believe there is *no* documentation!
"man service" to learn how to control services.
"man chkconfig" to learn how to enable/disable services which run at system boot and also to list known service names.
"man rpm", specifically the "query" and "query list" features to learn where a package keeps it's files. For vsftpd this will point you to /usr/share/doc/vsftpd* where there is a good amount of documentation present.
Taking the time to read the documentation and man pages provided by CentOS will save you considerable time in the future.
John
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Victor Subervi victorsubervi@gmail.com wrote:
Hi; Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly believe there is *no* documentation! TIA, Victor
There is plenty documentation: http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&ei=lCzzSrq9FM_14AaPqOTQAw&sa=X&...
Well, man vsftpd:
VSFTPD(8) BSD System Managerâs Manual VSFTPD(8)
NAME vsftpd - Very Secure FTP Daemon
SYNOPSIS vsftpd [configuration file]
DESCRIPTION vsftpd is the Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon. The server can be launched via a âsuper-serverâ
Alternatively, vsftpd can be launched in standalone mode, in which case vsftpd itself will listen on the network. This latter mode is easier to use, and recommended. It is activated by setting listen=YES in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf. Direct execution of the vsftpd binary will then launch the FTP service ready for immediate client connections.
OPTIONS An optional [configuration file] may be given on the command line. This configuration file has to be owned by root. The default configu- ration file is /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf.
SEE ALSO vsftpd.conf(5)
BSD March 8, 2001 BSD (
Great. What does that say? Where are my flags? How do I issue a command to start the service? man service:
NAME service - run a System V init script
SYNOPSIS service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]
service --status-all
service --help | -h | --version
DESCRIPTION service runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with current working directory set to /.
The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT. The supported values of COMMAND depend on the invoked script, service passes COMMAND and OPTIONS it to the init script unmodified. All scripts should support at least the start and stop commands. As a special case, if COMMAND is --full-restart, the script is run twice, first with the stop command, then with the start command.
service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the status command.
FILES /etc/init.d The directory containing System V init scripts.
ENVIRONMENT LANG, TERM The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
SEE ALSO chkconfig(8), ntsysv(8)
Jan 2006 service(8) (END)
And what exactly does that tell me? What is my command? What are my options?
Lots of stuff online? I went to several of the pages your googling revealed before posting and there wasn't anything substantial on any of them. Can you please be more specific? TIA, V
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Rudi Ahlers rudiahlers@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Victor Subervi victorsubervi@gmail.com wrote:
Hi; Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly believe there is *no* documentation! TIA, Victor
There is plenty documentation:
http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&ei=lCzzSrq9FM_14AaPqOTQAw&sa=X&...
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Victor Subervi wrote:
Well, man vsftpd:
VSFTPD(8) BSD System ManagerâsManual VSFTPD(8)
.... SEE ALSO vsftpd.conf(5)Great. What does that say?
the flags are in that .conf file. so...
# man vsftpd.conf
lists the 100 or so options in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Where are my flags? How do I issue a command to start the service? man service:
NAME service - run a System V init script SYNOPSIS service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS] ... The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script,located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT. The supported values of COMMAND depend on the invoked script, ...
And what exactly does that tell me? What is my command? What are my options?
ls -l /etc/init.d/ shows, amongst other files,
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1778 May 28 09:52 vsftpd
and, # service vsftpd gives... Usage: /etc/init.d/vsftpd {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}
so, # service vsftpd start # service vsftpd restart # service vsftpd stop
would be the main commands you'd be interested in to start, restart, stop the service. and, as others said, # chkconfig vsftpd on
is how you configure it to autostart on reboot.
Lots of stuff online? I went to several of the pages your googling revealed before posting and there wasn't anything substantial on any of them. Can you please be more specific?
maybe (l)Unix systems administrator is the wrong career path.
Also, if you prefer more 'book' like documentation, the CentOS/RHEL 5.2 Deployment Guide gives... http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/ch-ftp.html full documentation on vsftpd although this guide tends to lean on GUI configuration tools that I generally ignore in favor of the command line tools.
now, admittedly, none of that quite explains 'users'. thats because the 'users' that FTP supports are the SYSTEM users.
# groupadd ... # useradd .....
etc.
Victor Subervi wrote on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:05:13 -0400:
And what exactly does that tell me? What is my command? What are my options?
Have you ever worked before with CentOS or a Linux system? I suggest you start reading some basics before asking such basic questions. Start here: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/ch-services.html
Kai
Thanks! beno
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl maillists@conactive.comwrote:
Victor Subervi wrote on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:05:13 -0400:
And what exactly does that tell me? What is my command? What are my
options?
Have you ever worked before with CentOS or a Linux system? I suggest you start reading some basics before asking such basic questions. Start here: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/ch-services.html
Kai
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From: Victor Subervi victorsubervi@gmail.com
Now that it's installed, how do I start it and add a user? I can hardly believe there is *no* documentation!
Google: "vsftpd centos howto" First link is CentOS wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Chroot_Vsftpd_with_non-system_users Third link is the Deployment_Guide: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-ftp-vsftpd-conf.... And the following links points to howtos...
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