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Disable Anonymous FTP Login (vsftpd)

Task: For security consideration, disable anonymous ftp login

1. SSH to whitebox, and su
2. Edit file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf, find line
anonymous_enable=YES
change to
anonymous_enable=NO
3. Do /sbin/service vsftpd restart
4. Try ftp to whitebox with anonymous login, rejected -- GOOD.