Setting FTP server

FTP Server in Linux

ftp server is used to transfer files between server and clients. All major operating system supports ftp. ftp is the most used protocol over internet to transfer files. Like most Internet operations, FTP works on a client/ server model. FTP client programs can enable users to transfer files to and from a remote system running an FTP server program.

Configuring the ftp Server

The vsftpd RPM package is required to configure a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system as an ftp server. If it is not already installed, install it with rpm commands as described in our pervious article. After it is installed, start the service as root with the commandservice vsftpd start . The system is now an ftp server and can accept connections. To configure the server to automatically start the service at boot time, execute the command chkconfig vsftpd on as root. To stop the server, execute the command service vsftpd stop. To verify that the server is running, use the command service vsftpd status.

Configure vsftpd server

In this example we will configure a vsftpd server and will transfer files from client side.

For this example we are using three systems one linux server one linux clients and one windows xp clients. To complete these per quest of ftp server Follow this link

Network configuration in Linux

·         A linux server with ip address 192.168.0.254 and hostname Server

·         A linux client with ip address 192.168.0.1 and hostname Client1

·         A window client with ip address 192.168.0.2 and hostname Client2

·         Updated /etc/hosts file on both linux system

·         Running portmap and xinetd services

·         Firewall should be off on server

Most commonly commands used on ftp prompt are

put  To upload files on server

get  To download files from server

mput To upload all files

mget To download all files

?    To see all available command on ftp prompts

cd   To change remote directory

lcd  To change local directory.