Setting up FTP Server on linux <newbie>

[JVKAdmin]

Hello,

I have a question in regards to setting up an FTP Server on our newly installed RedHat Linux 7.3 box. I have read several posts regarding the set up and security and have to say that everything sounds really complicated. I come from a windows background and am used to configuring user permissions from GUI interfaces and the commandline and script editing is very overwhelming for me. My question is whether there is a GUI version of an FTP server that I could set up. Currently we are ditching our old NT4 box with WarFTP Daemon on it and would like to re-create that on the new Linux box. All of our sales users were local to that box (ie had a user account within WarFTP). Also my second question is how can i transfer files between my Windows environment and the Linux box easily? So far I haven't seen any good way to do this. I will be going through my firewall's DMZ port to the trusted network as well.

If anyone can help me out a little I'd appreciate it.

Thanks

Kevin

 

[thedaver]

If you use linux, you WILL have to wean from GUIs more often than not, so don't be afraid... it's easy(tm)!

the product "vsftpd" should be the ftpd that you would want to use. you should remove "wu-ftpd" at the earliest possible moment.

rpm -e --nodeps wu-ftpd

You should be able to use a file manager GUI in Gnome to find the "vsftpd*.rpm" file on your install CD's.

to install that .rpm,

rpm -ivh vsftpd-*.rpm

You should create local accounts for your sales people.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/admin-primer/s1-acctsgrps-proc.html

You should create an anonymous vsftpd user space as you may or may not require.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/security-guide/s1-server-ftp.html

You can FTP your Windows data to your new linux FTP server and enjoy!

Good luck!






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[pctechnician]

If you want some a graphical version to transfer files between platforms, try the WinScp client. It is a nice drag and drop tool. I personally love it.

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[aixmurderer]

There is a product called SurgeFTP which offers a web managed interface, a bonus is that it offers SSL-FTP (TLS) as well. Most popular FTP pro clients support this mode.

Unfortunately could not get it working in SSL mode with a Checkpoint firewall, a great pity as the demand for secure FTP is quite high in our arena. Resorted to SFTP/SCP, much more restrictive in my viewpoint, with a overhead of 2/3 to 3/4 transfer speed tradeoff over regular FTP.

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[JVKAdmin]

WoW! Thanks for the quick responses. I will have a look at those links you sent. It sounds easier with the RPM files. Also I am currently using KDE as the GUI interface not Gnome, is there a big difference in the interfaces ? I am not partial to GUI interfaces for all activities as I have come more from a DOS background originally, however I have found User management to be easier on systems using a GUI interface.

Thanks for the info !

Kevin