Ftp

elrose · 12-21-2005, 01:49 PM

elrose = newb. I am learning, wondering what the easiest FTP program is to use, and how to set it up. any help would be greatly appreciated =) Thanks guys.

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sweetnsourbkr · 12-21-2005, 01:56 PM

ftp is the easiest

Try the command

$man ftp

or are you looking for an ftp server?

elrose · 12-21-2005, 02:08 PM

Yes, im sorry FTP Server. I would like to be able to upload files from home to my work linux box.

odevans · 12-21-2005, 02:18 PM

vsFTPd is what you're looking for. It's on CD#1, series n. The man pages are vsftpd and vsftpd.conf. You can enable vsftpd by uncommenting (removing the #) line 28 in /etc/inetd.conf thus:

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd vsftpd

and restarting the inetd service:

Code:

root@box: /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart

sweetnsourbkr · 12-21-2005, 02:21 PM

It should already be working. Have you tried connecting to it?

If it's not already running, you can try uncommenting one of the ftp options in /etc/inetd.conf. Only one is necessary. Login with your regular account name/passwd.

To edit its internal options (vsftpd), look up /etc/vsftpd.conf.

elrose · 12-21-2005, 04:58 PM

Thanks guys! I will work on it. LinuxQuestions rocks =P I always get help for my questions!

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elrose · 12-21-2005, 05:58 PM

I have another question =P My linux machine is behind a switch that is behind a router. What i did was opened the one port so i can use SSH to get into it. BUT the problem i was seeing was when i use the WAN address that i can use to get into the box, it then uses port forwarding to get to the switch and then to the linux box. Is there a way around this since ftp uses a different port? =P Maybe i am confusesd. let me know.

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sweetnsourbkr · 12-22-2005, 12:32 AM

Are you saying you're using port 5000 for ssh instead of the default 22? then forwarding it to 22 inside your firewall? I don't see why you would do that, except if you're expecting attacks on that port?

Just open ports 20 and 21 for ftp on your router.

davidsrsb · 12-22-2005, 10:53 PM

There's no need to port forward 20 for ftp.