Disable the firewall:

# service iptables stop
# service ip6tables stop
# chkconfig iptables off
# chkconfig ip6tables off

Install the vsftpd package:

# yum install vsftpd
# service vsftpd start
# chkconfig vsftpd on

Edit /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and change the following entries (setting a banner is optional):

anonymous_enable=NO
ascii_upload_enable=YES
ascii_download_enable=YES
ftpd_banner=Welcome to <YOUR SERVER>
use_localtime=YES

Restart vsftpd to apply changes:

# service vsftpd restart

Install the ftp package:

# yum install ftp

Create a user to connect to (using root is very unsave):

# useradd <FTPUSER>
# passwd <FTPUSER>

Set $HOME for <FTPUSER>:

# setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on

Disable SELinux

vi /etc/selinux/config

Change SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=disabled - reboot required

Get your ip if you don't know it already:

# ifconfig

Connect to ftp:

# ftp <YOUR.IP>

Additional commands

Change hostname:

# vi /etc/sysconfig/network

Change HOSTNAME=<abc.def> to HOSTNAME=<YOUR.HOSTNAME>

Enable ftp acces via root (not recommended - use at own risk):

# vi /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers

Comment out root

# vi /etc/vsftpd/user_list

Comment out root