Installing the vsftpd FTP Server Again, if you want the FTP service to start automatically next time you reboot your machine, then check the checkbox too. Then click on File | Save Changes to save your new settings. Unsurprisingly, it’s also possible to start and stop these FTP services from the command line, using the service command to start and stop the vsftpd script: # service vsftpd start Starting vsftpd: # service vsftpd stop Stopping vsftpd: [ OK ] [ OK ] Again, if you run the script without an option, the resulting usage message reveals all the available options: # service vsftpd Usage: vsftpd {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status} Testing Your FTP Server Now you’ve set up your FTP server and started the service, we’ll adopt the role of the client to quickly test that the service is working. From a command line, issue the ftp command to start an FTP session, naming your FTP server as the server that you want to connect to: $ ftp 192.168.0.99 Connected to 192.168.0.99 (192.168.0.99). 220 (vsFTPd 1.1.3) Name (192.168.0.99:none): In the above, recall that 192.168.0.99 is the IP address of the Linux server. You should get a Name login prompt like the one shown above - this is enough to confirm to us that the vsftpd server is running. Press Ctrl-C to terminate this FTP session and return to the command line. Using Your FTP Server Having installed and (briefly) tested our FTP server, we can begin to use it, and in this section we’ll demonstrate a few uses. As we go, there are a number of configurations issues to consider, and in this section we’ll take a look at five important configuration issues: Configuring for anonymous FTP server file download 280
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