I thought vsftp setup would be on the forum too and even thought I already posted it. All I could find was wu-ftp. So here is vsftp (maybe again). If something doesn't make sense, check out the man pages or post a reply. I don't fully understand all the settings available in the .conf file so I probably can't help you there too much.

1. Install the vsftp rpm. rpm -ihv vsftp*.rpm.

2. vi /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd. Should look like this:

service ftp
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/vsftpd
server_args = /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
nice = 10
per_source = 5
instances = 50
log_on_success += PID HOST DURATION
log_on_failure += HOST
}


3. Add "vsftpd: ALL" to /etc/hosts.allow. Replace "ALL" with your subnet, machine list, or whatever if you don't want everyone to be able to connect. ALL will let every machine connect, but you still need a login and password.

4. Create an /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file like this:

anonymous_enable=YES
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
listen=NO
tcp_wrappers=YES

5. (optional) - If you want to ftp as root or any other user that is normally restricted, remove them from /etc/vsftpd.ftpusers.

6. (optional) - Do the same for /etc/vsftpd.user_list.

7. Type 'service xinetd restart' and you should be set.

This setup may open the ftp door further then you want to but should get you started.