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I installed FTP on my system but I dont think I know how to start the server. I have tried to access it from within my network using putty and mozilla. I also tried "service ftpd start" and that doesnt work. Your help is appreciated.

 

WAIT. Now it looks like I can access my machine with mozilla but now with the putty version of sftp. Furthermore, I have no clue how to turn the service on and off. This is very mysterious.

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If you're using Mandriva, then you can do this:

 

su (enter root password when prompted)
chkconfig --list | grep -i ftp

 

this will filter for services with ftp in the name. Then, you just need to do:

 

chkconfig servicename on

 

replace servicename with the ftp server that you installed, which could be proftpd or vsftpd. As you don't mention which one you installed.

 

Then, you can either reboot to start the service, or just do this:

 

service servicename start

 

again, replace servicename with whatever package of ftp server you installed.

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That was some good info, thanks

 

Well, I originally installed the usuall FTP package (by Krebos, or something) and that didnt work. So, I replaced it with proftpd, and that didnt work either. Believe it or not, I just rebooted and bingo everything worked. I decied to stay with proftpd since that came by default on my Trustix Server. That way, I can stick with one type of server and learn it well. Again thanks for the input.

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