[SOLVED] FTP

ddenial · 05-19-2019, 07:58 AM

Hello

I've created ftp server and copied CentOS 7 ISO files into /var/ftp/pub/cent folder.

In a web browser, if I enter address 'ftp://192.168.1.7/pub/cent', I'll be displayed with the list of files. However, if I enter the same in the terminal, I get the error.

Code:

# ftp ftp://192.168.1.7/pub/cent
ftp: ftp://192.168.1.7/pub/cent: Name or service not known
ftp> 

# ftp 192.168.1.7/pub/cent
ftp: 192.168.1.7/pub/cent: Name or service not known

But if I ftp to root folder, I'll be logged in.

Code:

# ftp 192.168.1.7
Connected to 192.168.1.7 (192.168.1.7).
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2)
Name (192.168.1.7:root): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd pub/cent
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> ls
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,7,136,204).
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-rw-r--    1 0        0              14 Nov 25 16:01 CentOS_BuildTag
drwxr-xr-x    3 0        0              35 Nov 25 16:20 EFI
-rw-rw-r--    1 0        0             227 Aug 30  2017 EULA
-rw-rw-r--    1 0        0           18009 Dec 09  2015 GPL
drwxr-xr-x    2 0        0              43 Nov 25 16:20 LiveOS
drwxrwxr-x    2 0        0          221184 Nov 25 23:52 Packages
-rw-rw-r--    1 0        0            1690 Dec 09  2015 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
-rw-rw-r--    1 0        0            1690 Dec 09  2015 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Testing-7
-r--r--r--    1 0        0            2883 Nov 25 23:54 TRANS.TBL
drwxr-xr-x    3 0        0              57 Nov 25 16:21 images
drwxr-xr-x    2 0        0             198 Nov 25 16:20 isolinux
drwxrwxr-x    2 0        0            4096 Nov 25 23:53 repodata
226 Directory send OK.
ftp>

How do I ftp directly into /var/ftp/pub/cent folder?

Thanks

berndbausch · 05-19-2019, 08:52 AM

I think that your ftp client expects an IP address or hostname as argument, not a URL.

You could try

Code:

curl 192.168.1.7/pub/cent

scasey · 05-19-2019, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddenial

How do I ftp directly into /var/ftp/pub/cent folder?

Thanks

Maybe

Code:

ftp 192.168.1.7 !cd /pub/cent

(untested)

See man ftp

I'm pretty sure you'll have to execute a cd command at some point after login...that's just how ftp works. The command above simple queues the cd command.

michaelk · 05-19-2019, 05:27 PM

lftp client has a lot more capability then ftp.

Code:

lftp -e "cd pub/cent" 192.168.1.7

Ultimately it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. ftp can be used in a shell script for batch commands as well as lftp.