ftp

• File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used for transfering files between client and server
• FTP port: 21

Configure server

# Install FTP server
sudo apt install vsftpd

• Config file for ftp server: /etc/vsftpd.conf

anonymous_enable=NO
ascii_upload_enable=YES
ascii_download_enable=YES
ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.

# Local time
use_localtime=YES

• Start vsftpd service

systemctl start vsftpd
systemctl enable vsftpd

• Stop firewall service (only if necessary!)
• Instead of disabling the firewall, you must add rule to allow port 21 as incoming traffic

systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl status firewalld\
systemctl disable firewalld

Configure client

# Install FTP client
sudo apt install ftp

• Start transation

# Open FTP console
ftp # 'bye' to exit

# Connect to a server
ftp `ip` # By default it picks the username of the user linux session!
ftp 192.168.1.58

• FTP console

bin
hash
put file-name
bye

• bin: Switch to binary mode
• hash: Show progress bar
• put: Transfer a specific file
• get: get file from server