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#1
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 61
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RHEL 6 cannot initiate FTP command: bash: ftp: command not found
Hello,
When I try to initiate an FTP transfer from the terminal (logged in as root), I get the following:
[root]# ftp 10.1.40.30
bash: ftp: command not found
I have searched high and low for the answer, but I am unable to find it. I think its because there is not a path to the executable, but I have no idea where the executable is?
Attached is the results of the locate ftp command.
Here are the results of 'which ftp':
# which ftp Thank you for your help in advance!
- David
#2
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 61
Original Poster
Rep:
# locate ftp
#3
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Registered: Nov 2010
Location: Colorado
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS
Posts: 5,573
What distro is this?
#4
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 61
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Hi,
#5
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Registered: Nov 2010
Location: Colorado
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS
Posts: 5,573
Redhat 6 or Redhat Enterprise 6? Redhat 6 is from 1999, Enterprise 6 is from 2010.
Last edited by suicidaleggroll; 12-05-2011 at 11:25 AM .
#6
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Registered: Nov 2010
Location: Colorado
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS
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Type
Code:
yum list | grep ftp
That will tell you what it's called and whether or not it's been installed.
#7
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 61
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Rep:
Sorry, it is Redhat Enterprise 6.
#8
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 61
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Rep:
Here are the results for grep ftp:
#9
Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Pune - India
Distribution: RHEL/Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/Centos/K3OS
Posts: 1,159
Rep:
Hi,
Hope you have legal copy of RHEL or yum will not work.
Code:
rpm -qa | grep -i vsftp
will list whether ftp installed or not.
You can install it without using yum using the RHEL DVD and following :
Get vsftp rpm from :
Code:
wget -c http://centos.alt.ru/repository/centos/6/i386/vsftpd-2.3.4-5.el6.i686.rpm
Install rpm using :
Code:
rpm -ivh vsftpd-2.3.4-5.el6.i686.rpm
#10
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Hi Prayag,
#11
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Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Pune - India
Distribution: RHEL/Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/Centos/K3OS
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Rep:
What does
Code:
# rpm -qa | grep -i ftp
return
#12
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 61
Original Poster
Rep:
# rpm -qa | grep -i ftp
#13
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 61
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Rep:
If it means anything, this is my /etc/profile:
pathmunge () {
#14
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Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Pune - India
Distribution: RHEL/Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/Centos/K3OS
Posts: 1,159
Rep:
Download ftp rpm
For 64 bit
Code:
wget -c http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/ftp-0.17-51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
For 32 bit
Code:
wget -c http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/i386/Packages/ftp-0.17-51.1.el6.i686.rpm
Install ftp rpm
Code:
rpm -ivh ftp-0.17-51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Last edited by prayag_pjs; 12-05-2011 at 12:07 PM .
#15
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 61
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Wow... are you serious?
Thanks Prayang... that did it.
So, would you care to enlighten the ignorant?
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