Setting up an FTP server on CentOS 6.x

Need FTP access on a CentOS machine? Easy.

sudo yum install vsftpd
sudo service vsftpd start
sudo chkconfig vsftpd on
chkconfig --list

sudo vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf # edit default conf file to have these lines:
    anonymous_enable=NO
    chroot_local_user=YES
    chroot_list_enable=NO
    chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
    pasv_min_port=3000
    pasv_max_port=3050
   
sudo touch /etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
sudo /sbin/service vsftpd restart

Done.

Note that these steps have been grabbed from this Rackspace article that includes much more detail:
http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/rackspace-cloud-essentials-centos-installing-vsftpd