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How do I enable ftp on redhat 5

i need to ftp from a windows xp pc to my redhat 5 system. Cant login.

I also need to ftp files to hpux and other ftp servers and this doesnt work either.

I'm not a subscriber to the redhat network.

Totally lost.

Greetingz!

Well for starters, don't use RHEL5 without contracted support. Get CentOS 5 if you *gotta* have something RHEL-like. (Trust me, it's 100% RHEL-compatible. We run $80k of commercial "For RHEL only" on CentOS 5 boxen)

First check and see if ftp is even setup to run on your box. RHEL-derivatives use "vsftpd"

Code:

luser@lhost$ chkconfig --list | grep -i vsftpd

vsftpd    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off

If it's off, turn it on;

Code:

luser@lhost$ sudo chkconfig --level 345 vsftpd on

luser@lhost$ chkconfig --list | grep -i vsftpd

vsftpd    0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on  4:on  5:on  6:off

Make sure the users you want to allow ftp to/from are NOT in ftpusers;

Code:

luser@lhost$ ll /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers

-rw------- 1 root root 125 May 25  2010 /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers

luser@lhost$ sudo cat /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers

# Users that are not allowed to login via ftp

root

bin

daemon

adm

lp

sync

shutdown

halt

mail

news

uucp

operator

games

nobody

Read the man page for ftpusers and vsftpd.
Hit up the vsftpd config file in /etc.

WARNING: FTP is a "clear text" protocol. Which means if someone malicious is on your network, they're going to sit there with WireShark and snatch your (or your user's) passwords right out of the ether.
Consider using SFTP (a sub-system of SSH).

when i use chkconfig i get command not found

Really? No chkconfig command?

Are you using "Red Hat 5" or "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5"? (There's a difference)
Not sure which? Run the following and paste the output;

Code:

cat /etc/*release

If it's the latter, find the command and either use the absolute path to the command, or update your $PATH.

Code:

find / -xdev -name chkconfig -exec ls -l {} \; 2>/dev/null

Being as chkconfig resides in /sbin the OP may not be logged in as root.

Regards,

Fordeck