How To Install vsftpd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vsftpd on Rocky Linux 8. vsftpd is Very Secure Ftp Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vsftpd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `vsftpd`

vsftpd is a Very Secure FTP daemon. It was written completely from scratch.

We can use yum or dnf to install vsftpd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vsftpd.

Install vsftpd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vsftpd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vsftpd

Install vsftpd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vsftpd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vsftpd

How To Uninstall vsftpd on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the vsftpd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vsftpd

vsftpd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d/vsftpd
/etc/pam.d/vsftpd
/etc/vsftpd
/etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
/etc/vsftpd/user_list
/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_conf_migrate.sh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/70e7a626981156e10041d54334a4d8c2dda5fa
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/vsftpd-generator
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/vsftpd
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/AUDIT
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/BENCHMARKS
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE/vsftpd.conf
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE/vsftpd.xinetd
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE_NOINETD
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE_NOINETD/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE_NOINETD/vsftpd.conf
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/PER_IP_CONFIG
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/PER_IP_CONFIG/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/PER_IP_CONFIG/hosts.allow
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_HOSTS
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_HOSTS/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/logins.txt
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/vsftpd.conf
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/vsftpd.pam
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS_2
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS_2/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/README.security
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/REWARD
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/SECURITY
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/SECURITY/DESIGN
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/SECURITY/IMPLEMENTATION
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/SECURITY/OVERVIEW
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/SECURITY/TRUST
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/SIZE
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/SPEED
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/TODO
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/TUNING
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/vsftpd.xinetd
/usr/share/man/man5/vsftpd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vsftpd.8.gz
/var/ftp
/var/ftp/pub

References

vsftpd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vsftpd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.