Comments on How to configure PureFTPd and FileZilla to use TLS sessions on CentOS 7.2

This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to use TLS sessions on a CentOS 7.2 server. Plain FTP is an insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure.

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By: Hans van Eijsden
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And please, don't forget to set TLSCipherSuite to HIGH:MEDIUM:+TLSv1:!SSLv2:!SSLv3.

By: cybernet
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where are firewalld settings ?

By: rad
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I can't get it to work, says the file is not there..

 

 

root@prod-ftp-0:/home/users/rw# chmod 600 /etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem

root@prod-ftp-0:/home/users/rw# /usr/sbin/pure-ftpd /etc/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.conf --tls 1 -o /usr/local/bin/pure-ftpd-uploads.sh

421 Sorry, but that file doesn't exist: [/etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem]

root@prod-ftp-0:/home/users/rw# ls /etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem

/etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem

By: [email protected]
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Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

What will be the issue?