Red Hat

write_enable=YES # enable any form of FTP write command

local_enable=YES # if you want local users to use FTP

local_umask=000 # not a very secure setting, but you can use 022

chroot_local_user=YES #I jailed local users to their home directories so they dont go about messing files

chroot_list_enable=YES #if this is YES, then u need the chroot list file

chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list #put all your local users that you'd want to be able to use FTP here

and you disable all anonymous login, downloads,uploads

anonymous_enable=NO
#anon_world_readable_only=YES
#anon_upload_enable=YES
#anon_umask=022
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
#anon_other_write_enable=YES
#chown_uploads=YES
#chown_username=whoever


I log my FTP activity separately from syslog, so it goes to two different log files

log_ftp_protocol=YES #Uncomment this to log all FTP requests and responses.

xferlog_enable=YES #Activate logging of uploads/downloads

vsftpd_log_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log 

xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog

dual_log_enable=YES

idle_session_timeout=21600      #these are custom settings because the customer wanted it that way
data_connection_timeout=86400 #these are custom settings because the customer wanted it that way

ascii_upload_enable=YES     #ASCII mode file transfer
ascii_download_enable=YES  #ASCII mode file transfer