{"id":136,"date":"2016-04-24T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/?p=136"},"modified":"2023-06-30T22:47:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T22:47:36","slug":"install-proftpd-centos-6-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/install-proftpd-centos-6-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Proftpd in CentOS 6: quick and easy guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proftpd is the world&#8217;s most popular FTP Server for Linux. It allows you to connect to your Linux server using an FTP client, in order to transfer files. This tutorial will show you how to install Proftpd in CentOS Linux. It takes less than 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>This tutorial assumes you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/install-webmin-centos-fedora-linux\/\">CentOS 6 Linux installed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Have full root access to\u00a0the server.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This installation can be done by Copahost technical support\u00a0on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/en\/managed-dedicated-servers\">managed dedicated servers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Preparing the server to install proftpd<\/h3>\n<p>First of all, let&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/install-mariadb-centos-6-5\/\">install the EPEL Release repository for CentOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">yum install epel-release<\/pre>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s update the current modules of our server.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">yum -y update<\/pre>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s install proftpd, by issuing the yum command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">yum -y install proftpd<\/pre>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sample output of the installation:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-proftpd.jpg\" alt=\"install proftpd solved\" width=\"658\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Start Proftpd. Then, set it to start automatically on boot<\/h3>\n<p>These commands will start the service. Afterwards, we will configure it to start automatically\u00a0at the boot time.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">service proftpd start\nchkconfig proftpd on<\/pre>\n<h3>Disabling SELINUX<\/h3>\n<p>We recommend installing nano editor, in order to edit proftpd config file. You can also use <strong>vim editor<\/strong>\u00a0if you prefer.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">yum -y install nano<\/pre>\n<p>Now we need to disable SELINUX, because it may prevent Linux users from logging in. We need to edit the <strong>\/etc\/sysconfig\/selinux<\/strong> file.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">nano \/etc\/sysconfig\/selinux<\/pre>\n<p>You must find this line:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">SELINUX=enforcing<\/pre>\n<p>And replace with:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">SELINUX=disabled<\/pre>\n<p>After finishing editing, press <strong>CTRL+X<\/strong> and then <strong>Y. <\/strong>\u00a0Then, press\u00a0<strong>ENTER<\/strong> to save it. 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