{"id":102290,"date":"2019-10-22T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedoramagazine.org\/?p=29469"},"modified":"2019-10-22T08:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T08:00:05","slug":"how-to-setup-an-anonymous-ftp-download-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/22\/how-to-setup-an-anonymous-ftp-download-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to setup an anonymous FTP download server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you may not need to set up a full <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File_Transfer_Protocol\">FTP<\/a> server with authenticated users with upload and download privileges. If you are simply looking for a quick way to allow users to grab a few files, an anonymous FTP server can fit the bill. This article shows you show to set it up.<\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"more-29469\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>This example uses the <em>vsftp<\/em> server.<\/p>\n<h2>Installing and configuring the anonymous FTP server<\/h2>\n<p>Install the vsftp server <a href=\"https:\/\/fedoramagazine.org\/howto-use-sudo\/\">using <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fedoramagazine.org\/howto-use-sudo\/\">sudo<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$ sudo dnf install vsftpd<\/pre>\n<p>Enable the vsftp server.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$ sudo systemctl enable vsftpd<\/pre>\n<p>Next, edit your <em>\/etc\/vsftpd\/vsftpd.conf<\/em> file to allow anonymous downloads. Make sure you have the following entries.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">anonymous_enable=YES<\/pre>\n<p>This option controls whether anonymous logins are permitted or not. If enabled, both the usernames ftp and anonymous are recognized as anonymous logins.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">local_enable=NO<\/pre>\n<p>This option controls whether local logins are permitted.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">write_enable=NO<\/pre>\n<p>This option controls whether any FTP commands which change the filesystem are allowed.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">no_anon_password=YES<\/pre>\n<p>When enabled, this option prevents <em>vsftpd<\/em> from asking for an anonymous password. With this setting, the anonymous user will log straight in without one. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">hide_ids=YES<\/pre>\n<p>Enable this option to display all user and group information in directory listings as <em>ftp<\/em>.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">pasv_min_port=40000\npasv_max_port=40001<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, these options set the minimum and maximum port to allocate for PASV style data connections. Use them to specify a narrow port range to assist firewalling. You should choose a range for ports that aren&#8217;t currently in use. This example uses port 40000-40001 to limit the ports to a range of 1.<\/p>\n<h2>Final steps<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;ve set the options, add the appropriate firewall rules to allow vsftp connections along with the passive port range you specified. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$ firewall-cmd --add-service=ftp --perm\n$ firewall-cmd --add-port=40000-40001\/tcp --perm\n$ firewall-cmd --reload<\/pre>\n<p>Next, configure SELinux to allow passive FTP:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$ setsebool -P ftpd_use_passive_mode on<\/pre>\n<p>And finally, start the vsftp server:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$ systemctl start vsftpd<\/pre>\n<p>At this point you have a working FTP server. Place the content you want to offer in <em>\/var\/ftp<\/em>. (Typically, system administrators put publicly downloadable content under <em>\/var\/ftp\/pub<\/em>.) Now you can connect to your server using an FTP client on another system.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bionicteaching\/\">Tom Woodward<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bionicteaching\/5972893184\/\">Flickr<\/a>, CC-BY-SA 2.0.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you may not need to set up a full FTP server with authenticated users with upload and download privileges. If you are simply looking for a quick way to allow users to grab a few files, an anonymous FTP server can fit the bill. This article shows you show to set it up. 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