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Setting Up FTP Server On Red Hat 6.2

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by teo

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I have installed the anonymous and wu-ftp rpm. When I ftp the server ip address on the linux machine, there is an error message 'connection refuse'. Can I know what is the problem ?

I have a few questions on ftp server set up :

1 what rpm is needed besides the above 2 rpm ?

2 How do I start the ftp service manually ?

3 How do I enable starting up the ftp service at boot time ?

4 How do I check if ftp service is running ?

5 Is there a GUI tool to start and stop different services ?

Thank you

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by tobi

1. you need the inetd rpm (should be installed) and the wu-ftp rpm. make sure the line starting with ftp in /etc/inetd.conf is not commented with a #. if it is remove the #.

2. /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet start
you can also user the arguments stop andrestart to perform the respective tasks.

3. make sure that the symbolic link in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S50inet exists. If not make it with 'ln -s ../init.d/inet S50inet'(you are in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d when running the ln command)

4. ftp to the ip address

5. not sure but you might be able to start and stop inet services in linuxconf.

hope this helps,

Tobias

by dgleis

I would like to recommend using webmin for the configuration and for stopping and starting services. It has alot to offer for a nice system administration gui.
http://www.webmin.com

by e ackerman

Be sure to get the updated wu-ftp rpms the
wu-ftp 2.6.0 version has a bit of a security
hole. fixed in 2.6.1 of course.

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