linux_trojan Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 (edited) 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. Edited February 8, 2007 by linux_trojan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_trojan Posted February 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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