RHEL 4 64bit Workstation

mccartjd · 05-06-2008, 02:52 PM

what command do i type to disable ftp service running on my system. Later if I want to enable ftp what command would i type?

Thanks
John

TB0ne · 05-06-2008, 03:07 PM

What FTP server are you using? Or are you using SFTP?

You probably want to edit the appropriate FTP config file in /etc/xinetd.d, probably proftpd. Change the line that says "DISABLE=YES" to "DISABLE=NO", then type in "/etc/init.d/xinetd restart". You should be up then.

If you're using vsftpd, you may have to edit the vsftpd.conf file, and start/stop the service manually, with "/etc/init.d/vsftpd start".

SFTP is a better way to go, and is enabled with your SSH server.

mccartjd · 05-06-2008, 03:30 PM

I really don't know, just plain FTP I guess. I'm really new at LINUX Earlier you mentioned:

What FTP server are you using? Or are you using SFTP?

You probably want to edit the appropriate FTP config file in /etc/xinetd.d, probably proftpd. Change the line that says "DISABLE=YES" to "DISABLE=NO", then type in "/etc/init.d/xinetd restart". You should be up then.

If I want to be down do I ensure "DISABLE=NO"

Thanks
John

frndrfoe · 05-06-2008, 06:26 PM

Code:

#chkconfig --list | grep ftp
vsftpd          0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
#chkconfig vsftpd off
#service vsftpd stop

line 1: Find out what FTP you have
line 3: Make it so that ftp will not restart on boot
line 4: turn off ftp service

if line 2 is says off all the way across and you can still telnet to the machine you must have a ftp server built from source and launched from xinitd and you can follow the above instructions... probably.