How to Configure an FTP Server on Fedora
- 1). Download and install VSFTPD. You can do this through the Fedora package manager or directly from the VSFTPD website (see Resources section).
- 2). Open a terminal window. The terminal window can be found by clicking "Application" in the operating system's taskbar, and then by clicking "System Tools." This will bring up a command prompt, where you will enter the commands in the following steps.
- 3). Type "su" to switch to the root user.
- 4). Type "/etc/init.d/vsftpd start" to start the FTP service.
- 5). Type "chkconfig vsftpd on" to configure the VSFTPD daemon to start at system boot.
- 6). Type "exit" to exit the root session.
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