How to replace vsftpd with ProFTPD on a RHEL or CentOS

  1. Disable vsftpd
service vsftpd stop
chkconfig vsftpd off
  1. Install software package
yum install proftpd
  1. Download configuration
wget http://c.vestacp.com/0.9.8/rhel/proftpd.conf -O /etc/proftpd.conf
  1. Change vesta settings
sed -i "s/vsftpd/proftpd/" /usr/local/vesta/conf/vesta.conf
  1. Enable proftpd
chkconfig proftpd on
service proftpd start