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Installing and configuring ProFTPD (FTP Server) in Centos 9 Linux

Connecting to the ProFTPD service on CentOS

NB: This tutorial has worked on Centos 6,7,8 and 9

Install the ftp client by running the command “yum install ftp -y”. We need an ftp client to be able to connect to the server.

screenshot of installing ftp

Run “ftp 127.0.0.1” to connect to the proftpd server. You can also connect to it using another computer but make sure to include the IP address of the ProFTPD server. Log in using the teachmat account we created earlier.

screenshot of 'ftp localhost'

See that you are able to list the directory contents by running the command “ls”. Run the command “bye” to close the ftp connection.

screenshot of connected ProFTPD server

See that you are able to list the directory contents by running the command “ls”. Run the command “bye” to close the ftp connection.

If it is able to work well, we can then proceed to setup anonymous user access