The File Transfer Protocol
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Incrementally backup FTP to local computer
I want to backup a FTP directory (not backup to) with a cron script running daily. I'd prefer a solution that could sync the FTP to my local computer; only copy files changed and remove files that ...
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Will a account get locked while logging in FTP mode to a remote server whose password has already expired in UNIX
I have a FTP user id to a remote server, the password for which has expired.The account is getting locked if connection is being made in FTP mode to the server with the old(expired) password. Is ...
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Permisions overwritten when files are transfered via FTP. What to do?
Got my web server up and running using apache2 with the ability to ftp to /var/www folder. However, if I make an update to .html and copied over the file via ftp, the file's permisions become more ...
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Create a fake shell in Linux?
I am not talking about shell programming or making a whole new shell like Bourne or Korn Shell....
I just want a user accessing ftp through port 21 to be directed to this shell which can support some ...
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What is the easiest way to set up a FTP server single signon pointing to /var/www?
I've tried following numerous tutorials found on the net. The setup always starts out simple like
sudo apt-get intstall vsftpd
and then goes into edditing the /etc/vsftp.conf file. This is where ...
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vsftpd: Passwordless authentication to different directory
I am configuring a vsftpd server and the requirements are:
I need a user resourcesadmin with home directory /var/www/resources with password authentication and FTP with write access (already done)
I ...
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VPS not replying on ftp port 21 using pure-ftpd
There is no response from my VPS when I connect to the ftp service on port 21. It's a Linux server with kloxo and pure-ftp. I have been using it without troubles from past 8 months. I installed ...
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FTP timeout FIRST time
I'm using PureFTPd on MacOSX (Snow Leopard, not server version). When trying to access the FTP account from the outside via dyndns (e.g. using https://www.wormly.com/test_ftp_server) the connection ...
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Remove directory in ftp
This is probably very simple, but I really can't get it to work. I have an old directory with a symlink in it. I need to delete the directory, but it says it is not empty when I try:
rm -f dirname
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How to add folder to existing user [proftpd]
As we know we can add folder to user using useradd user -p user_passwd -d /home/ftp/user_dir/ -s /bin/false but how to add folder to existing user, for example /home/ftp/root for root ?
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Creating a proFTPd user
I'm setting up a proFTPd server so I can upload files to my webserver, but I've never tried this before. I've installed proftpd, added a user with a home folder: /home/FTP-shared and added /bin/false ...
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VSFTPD, 553 Could not create file. - permissions?
I've set up VSFTPD on Amazon EC2, with the Amazon Linux AMI. I created a user and can now succesfully connect via ftp. However, if I try to upload something I get the error message "553 Could not ...
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debian lenny ftp not working?
I've installed ftp in my debian lenny virtual server with apt-get install ftp and it uses the archive ftp_0.17-18_amd64.deb. But when I type ftp command into my shell there isn't any response? When I ...
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Hiding files on FTP server
I have an Ubuntu server and I run an FTP server on it. I changed its folder structure and want to restrict access of users to some of the files not all of them in a way that other files be hidden to ...
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How to delete the oldest file over FTP using CURL?
I am trying to write a script that will use CURL to FTP to a folder on a file server, then count the files in that folder. If there are more than 5 files, delete the oldest one.
I know how to delete ...
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What is a reliable way to automate FTP upload of 'the newest file in directory X'?
I have this folder full of files.
Once per day, I want the newest of the files to be FTPed automatically to a file server.
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How to allow only a particular user to upload and download files, disallowing others using ftp server [closed]
im using CentOs 5.1 installed in virtual box.. the main os installed on the laptop is Windows XP. I have configured the ftp server using vsftpd on centOs and accessing it from the command prompt on ...
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How to change file and folder permissions specific to PUB folder in ftp server? [closed]
im using CentOs 5.1 installed in virtual box.. the main os installed on the laptop is Windows XP. I have configured the ftp server using vsftpd on centOs and accessing it from the command prompt on ...
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How to ensure users can’t login to the system except with FTP? [closed]
How can I ensure that users can't login to the system except with FTP?
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Automate file transfer from Windows to Unix
I have the following situation: users update csv/txt files on daily basis on Windows. I use those flat files as input for my Oracle scripts which is on Unix. I need help on script/method of ...
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vsftpd fails pam authentication
Moving a tried-and-true vsftpd configuration onto a new server with Fedora 16, I ran into a problem. All seems to go as it should, but user authentication fails. I cannot find any entry in any log ...
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FTP files from one remote server to another
I am trying to find out how I can transfer files from one directory/server to another directory/server?
What I need to consider is that I should transfer files that are created TODAY only. i.e. the ...
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How to perform GREP on FTP?
I tried searching for similar command in ncftp (actually this is the only terminal ftp client I used) and I didn't find it.
What's the way (if possible at all) to use grep command on remote server, ...
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FTP over SSL in AIX (UNIX)
Folks over at SO couldn't answer this, so I am posting over here.
I need to do an FTP over SSL to a FileZilla Server running on a Windows server from an AIX Unix clien. I have the Host name of the ...
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Does “226 Transfer complete” guarantee the consistency between local and remote files when using ftp?
I have some automated scripts which perform FTP uploads among other things. I'm wondering what level of error checking I should conduct once these uploads have finished executing.
Could anything go ...
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Is it possible to transfer files in a date range via FTP
I need to transfer a large number of files from an FTP server to a new server. There could be thousands of files so I would like to limit it to files that were uploaded in the last three months - is ...
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SSH, FTP, HTTP stopped working
I'm facing a problem with a Linux webserver of mine. It's a VM Ubuntu 10.4 LTS which runs a Wordpress network site. Out of the blue with no changes being made on the back end, ftp has stopped as has ...
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vsftpd filezilla timout error
I have an vsftpd setup. When I try to upload a large number of files, a lot of files fail with a timeout error. After some analysis, I saw this pattern as follow before every error, but I don't know ...
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FTP server - directories
I have been playing around with several ftp servers and can't get the configuration I want.
I want to allow both anonymous and standard user login, user logins are fine with the default pure-ftpd ...
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Unable to connect by FTP to a Debian AWS server (ami-aa46b4c3)
I've launched an AWS instance with the image debian-6.0-squeeze-i386-server-20110323 (ami-aa46b4c3) and I am trying to set up a FTP server.
I have tried several ftp servers but nothing seems to work. ...
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vsftpd does not list content of a directory
I have set up a FTP server using vsftpd and enabled anonymous upload and download. The problem I have is that when I upload a directory it will be uploaded successfully (I can see it in server), but ...
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pure-ftpd floods /var/log/messages
My /var/log/messages is full of messages like:
Jan 29 01:00:02 vm2147 pure-ftpd: (?@::1) [INFO] New connection from ::1
Jan 29 01:00:02 vm2147 pure-ftpd: (?@::1) [INFO] Logout.
Jan 29 01:05:02 vm2147 ...
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How to configure mounted FTP connection
I'm using latest CentOS with Gnome, and using bookmarked FTP connection, that connects to my server, and mounts remote directory. The thing is, I see no way to configure that FTP client, whatever that ...
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How do I know that FXP is enabled or not? (AIX FTPD)
# grep -i ftp inetd.conf
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/ftpd
# oslevel -s
6100-06-05-1115
So I have an AIX 6 server. How can I check if FXP is enabled on the FTPD or ...
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Filezilla: GnuTLS error when using FTPES
Response: 220-This is a private system - No anonymous login
Response: 220 You will be disconnected after 60 minutes of inactivity.
Command: AUTH TLS
Response: 234 AUTH TLS OK.
Status: ...
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Use configuration file for ftp with auto login enabled upon initial connection
I would like to so the same thing like in SSH where you can save the server in the config file.
I would also like to save my username and password, so that it is not prompted each time I connect.
I ...
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How to upload tcpdumps in realtime to FTP?
I can do tcpdumps with this command:
tcpdump -w `date +%F-%Hh-%Mm-%Ss-%N`.pcap src 10.10.10.10 or dst 10.10.10.10
Q: I have an FTP server with username: FTPUSER and password FTPPASSWORD. How can I ...
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File permissions issue with webserver and ftp server
I have a question concerning permissions.
I'm running lighttpd and a ftp server.
I want to add a ftp user that is able to upload files to /var/www, which then are viewable in a browser.
What is ...
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How to get the timezone of a FTP server?
With lftp, when I do ls I get the listing of the files on the FTP server, with their date. However, the timezone is not displayed.
On my local machine, I can do ls -l --time-style=full-iso to see ...
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change sftp to ftp
I recently installed a CentOS machine for a couple of game servers.
I followed some tutorials on the web for that, because I'm a linux noob.
But. I want to sftp to store data on the server but it is ...
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Backup Manager and Cron : CentOs and Ubuntu 11.10
I have two dedicated servers: one has CentOS, the other Ubuntu. I installed backup manager on both servers. But I have two different behaviors.
On CentOS:
The backup of my files is "every night". I ...
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I need to transfer a very large folder over FTP, without creating a file first
I am running an Amazon EC2 instance that is limited in disk space. I have a very large folder that I need to FTP to my local machine, preferably without creating an intermediate tar file, since there ...
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Download specific files with FTP?
I am trying to use FTP to download several hundred files within a directory. Is there a way to only download specific files with FTP?
Ideally, I would like to match specific files using a regular ...
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How to limit ftp access to multiple places for one user
I don't even know how to write the correct question since it is a little confusing to ask it. Here is the problem. User X would like FTP access to /user/x folder and to /var/www/x folder. How can I ...
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how will I make interactive login
I'm having trouble in making script with interactive login. I have made one but it doesn't ask the login, it automatically log in when i run the script.
i just need the output like this:
please ...
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How to check disk usage in ftp?
Is there a way to sum up the disk usage of a certain directory while in ftp?
I was trying to create a script that will check what is the disk usage of the current directory and prints out the free ...
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How to ensure FTPeS uses a secure connection?
From: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/FTPS
Explicit:
If a client does not request security, the FTPS server can either allow the client to continue insecure or refuse/limit the ...
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Is there a way to write a script to do ftp login so I don't have to type things over and over again?
I am recently working extensively with a remote system via ftp connection, since the session time is so short that I have to re-login quite often when I finish my work on my local machine, so I need a ...
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AIX ftpd - how to set umask for a given user?
I know how can I change the umask settings for all the users using ftpd, but how can I change the umask for a given user using FTPD?
AIX/6100-05-02-1034
FTP server (Version 4.2)
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ftp option to overwrite file if different size
There is a script (bsh) running in a AIX 7.1 machine. The script is to download some files via FTP from another machine. I need to stop it later because some guy need to have maintenace over the ...
