Centos – Any alternatives to proftpd and vsftpd that is easier to configure

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I tried them both, I'm having troubles to configure them,so is there a third one that is easier to install and configure?

I'm using centos 5 64 bit xen vps

for example I'm following this tutorial, it says: Append following two config directive to setup ftp port ranges:

pasv_min_port=49152
pasv_max_port=65535

but i cannot find the ports to append them and i don't want to open port 21, I want to open a port like 538, I know how but I can't fix the first problem

the configuration is not working, I'm looking for an easier to install and configure alternative, do you know any?

Best Answer

Vsftpd is very easy to configure. I think your difficulty is because you're confusing a port range configuration for passive FTP with the listening port for the command channel (what normally runs on port 21.) Give this document a once-over to see what I mean: http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html

The configuration option you're looking for in vsftpd.conf to change the command port from 21 to 538 is "listen_port". See the configuration documentation on your system ("man vsftpd.conf") or here: http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html

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