Getting and Installing the FTP Server
Red Hat Linux uses the freely available wu-ftpd server. This server comes as an RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) and will be installed during installation. If you decide you want to run an FTP server but did not install the RPM, fetch wu-ftpd-2.6.1-6. i386.rpm from the CD-ROMs or check http://www.redhat.com for the latest edition.
To install the RPM, mount your Red Hat CD-ROM and as root run the following:
# rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/wu-ftpd*.rpm
If you plan to offer an anonymously accessible site, be sure to install anonftp-3.0-a. i386.rpm from the CD-ROMs as well. As always, you can check for the latest version at http://www.redhat.com.
To install the anonymous FTP file, log in as root and run the ...
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