Installing proftpd on CentOS

make sure the dependency are installed onto your machine,

make gcc gcc-c++

if not yet, you can install by following below :

[root:~] # yum install make gcc gcc-c++

.[ compile package from source ].

[root:~] # cd root
[root: download ] # wget ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/distrib/source/proftpd-1.3.3.tar.gz
[root: download ] # tar -zxvf proftpd-1.3.3.tar.gz
[root: download ] # cd proftpd-1.3.3
[root: proftpd-1.3.3 ] # ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc
[root: proftpd-1.3.3 ] # make
[root: proftpd-1.3.3 ] # make install

.[buat symlink di /usr/sbin].

[root: proftpd-1.3.3 ] # ln -s /usr/local/sbin/proftpd  /usr/sbin/proftpd

.[init script untuk proftpd].

[root: proftpd-1.3.3 ] # wget http://www.magnet-id.com/download/proftpd/proftpd.init -O /etc/init.d/proftpd

or you can creat /etc/init.d/proftpd by manual and add the line below :

#!/bin/sh
# $Id: proftpd.init,v 1.1 2004/02/26 17:54:30 thias Exp $
#
# proftpd        This shell script takes care of starting and stopping

#                proftpd.
#
# chkconfig: - 80 30
# description: ProFTPD is an enhanced FTP server with a focus towards \
#              simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. \
#              It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, \
#              and a highly customizable server infrastructure, \
#              including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, \
#              anonymous FTP, and permission-based directory visibility.
# processname: proftpd
# config: /etc/proftp.conf
# pidfile: /var/run/proftpd.pid

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
[ -x /usr/sbin/proftpd ] || exit 0
RETVAL=0
prog="proftpd"
start() {
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
daemon proftpd
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/proftpd
}
stop() {
echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "
killproc proftpd
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/proftpd
}
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status proftpd
RETVAL=$?
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
condrestart)
if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/proftpd ]; then
stop
start
fi
;;
reload)
echo -n $"Re-reading $prog configuration: "
killproc proftpd -HUP
RETVAL=$?
echo
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit $RETVAL

.[chmod agar dapat di execute].

[root: proftpd-1.3.3 ] # chmod 755  /etc/init.d/proftpd

.[konfigurasi].

change the configuration in /etc/proftpd.conf like below

Group                           nobody
DefaultRoot ~
IdentLookups off
ServerIdent on "FTP Server ready."

.[Input proftpd into service list].

[root: proftpd-1.3.3 ] # chkconfig --levels 235 proftpd on

.[start service proftpd].

[root: proftpd-1.3.3 ] # /etc/init.d/proftpd start