Instaling vsftpd-2.0.5-12.el5.i386.rpm

[redhatnoob]

Hi all. I'm sorry if this question been asked for so many times. I have been surfing the internet for solution which I found a few but still not sure and confuse. Since I'm a total noob I think it best for me to get advice from this forum.

I need to install vsftpd-2.0.5-12.el5.i386.rpm on my system.

I typed rpm - i vsftpd-2.0.5-12.el5.i38.rpm to install but it shows some dependencies errors.

libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by vsftpd-2.0.5-12.el5.i386
libcrypto.so.6 is needed by vsftpd-2.0.5-12.el5.i386
libpam.so.0(LIBPAM1.0) is needed by vsftpd-2.0.5-12.el5.i386
libssl.so.6 is needed by vsftpd-2.0.5-12.el5.i386
rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed vsftpd-2.0.5-12.el5.i386

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I'm using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 7)

[coopstah13]

you need to install the version meant for RH4 instead of the one for RH5

also, if you aren't paying for the license with RH4 I strongly recommend switching to centos

[redhatnoob]

Thanks for the reply. I will Google for my version of that software.

Linux is very new to me and I will go for the paid version soon. At the moment I'm still trying to play around with it in my Virtual Box to familiarize with it.

I'm planning to install a web server using Apache Tomcat, mysql for database and vsftpd for the ftp server. Only manage to install mysql at the moment and still stuck with the other 2 softwares.

[devils casper]

As coopstah13 suggested already, install latest version of CentOS instead of using RHEL4 even if you are planning to buy license of RHEL.
You will face problems in RHEL4 and waste a lot of your time. CentOS is a clone of RHEL only. There isn't difference except RH branding.

[redhatnoob]

Thanks.

Downloading the CentOS ISO 6 of them.

[Tsquad]

Might i also suggest you use OpenSSH to set up an SFTP server rather than an FTP server. From the users end they act almost the exact same if not the exact same.

I only say this because i myself just set up vsftpd on ubuntu 8.10 and because of the huge lack of security on an FTP server i switched. And i must say, not only is it 1000x more secure, but it is a fast easy setup.

[redhatnoob]

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks guys for the advice and suggestions. Yeah had alot problem with RHEL4 and CentOS look promisisng. Just installed the CentOS in my VB. Gonna test installing my required software for it.

Tsquad I will look into OpenSSH.