Setting up a FTP client and server in VirtualBox for Fedora 20

kotobaganai · 11-14-2014, 01:59 PM

I am new to Linux and would like to set up an FTP client and server on the same machine in a VirtualBox. I am using Fedora 20 for this. The book I am using that contains instructions on setting up a client and server (it does not, however, tell me how I would do so in the same VB). The command the book instructs me to enter is

Quote:

cp -r /usr/share/doc/pam-0.77/* /var/ftp/pub

on the server. When I do so, I get this message:

cp: cannot stat 'cp -r /usr/share/doc/pam-0.77/*': No such file or directory

When I typed in cd /usr/share/doc/pam-0.77 I received this:

Quote:

bash: cd: /usr/share/doc/pam-0.77: No such file or directory

I am in the doc directory and did an ls, but the pam-0.77 does not exist. What should I do? Is there another way to setup an FTP server and client?

szboardstretcher · 11-14-2014, 02:04 PM

That is the wrong version of PAM. That version is from a decade ago.

You'll want to find out what version of PAM is actually installed, perhaps like this:

Code:

rpm -qa|grep pam

Additionally, I don't know what guide you are using to install FTP, but it seems wrong. All there really is to do is install the 'server' and the 'client.'

Code:

#install server
yum -y install vsftpd

#configure server (Refer to docs for explanations)
vim /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 

#enable ftp server
systemctl start vsftpd.service 
systemctl enable vsftpd.service 

#install client
yum -y install ftp

Here is a more current guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/communi...on-centos-6--2 which will differ a little bit from Fedora. But between my example and the guide, you should have a good starting point.

suicidaleggroll · 11-14-2014, 02:34 PM

As szboardstretcher said, that is a terrible way to "install" an ftp server. I might even go as far as to say you should shelve that book and never open it again.

And installing FTP in a VM is no different than installing it in a real machine, apart from setting the appropriate networking settings in the VM software on the host.