FTP Anonymous Upload Configuration on Rhel7/CentOS7

Ftp Server IP Address: 192.168.122.2

Note : All commands are to be executed as 'root' user 

Ftp Server Configuration:


1) Install FTP Server

          sudo yum install -y vsftpd

2) Edit the file '/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf'.
            sudoedit /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

            Enable the following options:
                     anonymous_enable=YES
                  write_enable=YES
                  anon_upload_enable=YES


3) Create directory writable by 'ftp' user
            sudo mkdir -p /var/pub/data/upload
          sudo chown -r ftp:ftp /var/pub/data/upload

4) Configure  SELinux permissions
             sudo chcon -R -t public_content_rw_t  /var/pub/data
             sudo setsebool -P allow_ftpd_anon_write on

5) Edit the directory for user 'ftp' in /etc/passwd
               sudo vipw
             
                  Edit the entry for user ftp
                             ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/pub/data:/sbin/nologin

6) Open ftp service in firewall
            sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=ftp --permanent
            sudo firewall-cmd --reload   

 7) Start Service
               sudo systemctl start vsftpd


 8) Enable on boot
                sudo systemctl enable vsftpd


 Ftp Client Configuration:

1) Install FTP Client
          sudo yum install -y lftp

2) Check the connection
               lftp 192.168.122.2
               lftp 192.168.122.2:~> cd upload/
               lftp 192.168.122.2:/upload> put hello.txt
                19 bytes transferred