vsftpd

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vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon) is an FTP server for UNIX-like systems.

Installation

`pam`	Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip
`ssl`	Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
`tcpd`	Add support for TCP wrappers

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root #emerge --ask net-ftp/vsftpd

FILE /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

listen=YES
local_enable=NO
anonymous_enable=YES
write_enable=NO
anon_root=/home/ftp

root #chown ftp /home/ftp

FILE /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

listen=YES
local_enable=NO
anonymous_enable=YES
anon_upload_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
anon_root=/home/ftp

Important
Allowing anonymous public read/write access is considered a high security risk.

root #

rc-update add vsftpd default

root #

/etc/init.d/vsftpd start

root #

systemctl enable vsftpd

root #

systemctl start vsftpd

Following error might show using ftp clients with vsftpd 3.0.x version:

500 OOPS: priv_sock_get_cmd

This is caused by seccomp filter sanboxing, and enabled by default on amd64. To workaround this issue, disable seccomp filter sanboxing:

FILE /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

seccomp_sandbox=NO

For further information, refer to Red Hat bug #845980.