bash: ftp-ssl: command not found

Sean1988 · 05-11-2014, 07:59 AM

Hi guyz,

I need your help please. I use RHEL ver.6 and have trouble setting up VSFTP using SSL. I managed to install the package perl-Net-FTPSSL-0.15-1.el6.noarch & also added entries in vsftpd.conf by following this site
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/config...a-ssl-tls.html

[root@localhost2 ~]# ftp-ssl localhost
bash: ftp-ssl: command not found

lftp, TLSWRAP commands wont work. (not sure if its relevant here)

Please advice.

Thanks in advance!

DJ Shaji · 05-11-2014, 09:50 AM

Either install the ftp-ssl package or use sftp

Sean1988 · 05-11-2014, 11:32 PM

Thanks for your reply Shaji. ftp-ssl package is available for debian based systems but i'm not sure if its available for Redhat or centOS distros.
I was trying to find a way to install ftp with ssl encryption using the private key i created.

[root@localhost2 ~]# yum install *ftp-ssl*
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
abc | 1.3 kB 00:00 ...
Setting up Install Process
abc/filelists | 3.3 MB 00:01 ...
No package *ftp-ssl* available.

chrism01 · 05-12-2014, 05:03 AM

I'd go with sftp; definitely available on all distros as part of the ssh pkg & much easier to setup.

Sean1988 · 05-12-2014, 09:35 AM

Hello Chris:

In reality, i would also use sftp. Just curious to know if FTP-SSL can be set up in RHEL or Fedora distros.

Many thanks,

Sean

DJ Shaji · 05-12-2014, 12:47 PM

I couldn't find a binary package for Fedora, but it should be trivial to compile from source in any case. Shouldn't take you more than a couple of minutes.

lleb · 05-12-2014, 07:35 PM

found these two links that might help:

http://beginlinux.com/blog/2009/01/s...ssl-on-centos/

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/config...a-ssl-tls.html

Quote:

Secure FTP with SSL on CentOS
by MIKE on JANUARY 29, 2009 · 2 COMMENTS
in FTP SERVER
FTP communication is not secure, all communication is plain text and can be easily captured. Despite this serious weakness, few do anything to secure it. There are simple ways to correct this with VSFTPD.

SSL/TLS With FTP

FTPS is also known as FTPS Secure or FTP-SSL. What FTPS does is add the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to the normal FTP on the same port 21. It is easy to confude FTPS on port 21 with SFTP which is actually SSH on port 22.

edited just to add that FTP-SSL is the same as ftps from what this link states.

chrism01 · 05-13-2014, 06:19 AM

FTP-SSL doesn't seem to be in the Centos repos (might have missed it).
OTOH, vsftpd+ssl is do-able
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/config...a-ssl-tls.html
http://www.server-world.info/en/note...OS_6&p=ftp&f=5
https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html & https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd/vsftpd_conf.html

Sean1988 · 05-21-2014, 11:11 AM

Hello everyone! Thank you so much for all your response on this matter. my apologies for the late reply as i was in travel (in a place where i couldn't access internet).

lleb & chrism01 - I tried the site you suggested. (http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/config...a-ssl-tls.html). I was able to follow till the part where it asks to add some entries in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and then it gives instructions for Debian based distros. adding these entries didn't help.

DJ Shaji - I tried downloading the source code (netkit-ftp-0.17+ssl-0.2.diff.gz). I'm unable to compile it using the 'make' command. appreciate if you could guide me with this if i'm not doing it correctly.

Many thanks