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How to disable anonymous FTP in EnsimPro for Linux

By deafult the configuration file is: /etc/proftpd.conf has the last line as:

which means anonymous ftp is enabled.

Upon commenting this out with a ” # ” and restarting the service ,anonymous ftp is disabled.

To allow anonymous users to upload, it is recommended that a write-only directory be created within /var/ftp/pub/.

To do this, type:

Next change the permissions so that anonymous users cannot see what is within the directory by typing:

A long format listing of the directory should look like this:

Additionally, under vsftpd, add the following line to the /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file:

Because FTP passes unencrypted usernames and passwords over insecure networks for authentication, it is a good idea to deny system users access to the server from their user accounts.

To disable user accounts in vsftpd, add the following directive to /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf: