how to add ftp user.

luqman · 02-24-2005, 08:09 AM

How can i verify that ftp server is setup on my linux system?

How can i add a new user for ftp access?

Please consider that i have to do this while i am ssh into the linux box remotely.

Kindest
Muhammad Muzzamil Luqman

samel_tvom · 02-24-2005, 08:51 AM

use nmap to find out if the ftp server is running.
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
there is a gui as well but since you don't need it you can fix that with the configure script at compile time I think... or you can just pass arguments to nmap.

if you only wanted to know if port 21 is open (ftp) you could type
nmap -p21 localhost