Information about the package, vsftpd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vsftpd package is designed for, Very Secure Ftp Daemon.
Package Name:
vsftpd
Summary:
Very Secure Ftp Daemon
Description:
vsftpd is a Very Secure FTP daemon. It was written completely from scratch.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.2.2
Release:
24.el6
Size:
156 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 with exceptions
Control the vsftpd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vsftpd
This command will install vsftpd on the server.
yum remove vsftpd
This command will un-install vsftpd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vsftpd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vsftpd
This command will un-install vsftpd on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove vsftpd when using the -y flag.
yum update vsftpd
This command will update vsftpd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vsftpd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vsftpd
This command will update vsftpd to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove vsftpd when using the -y flag.
yum info vsftpd
This command will show you core information about the vsftpd package.
yum deplist vsftpd
This command will show you the dependencies for vsftpd. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update vsftpd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vsftpd. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.