[Ilugc] FTP
- From: girishvenkatachalam@xxxxxxxxx (Girish Venkatachalam)
- Date: Tue Mar 16 08:24:22 2010
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:03 PM, sri vats <blackcaps16@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I have a webspace in a server which is powered by cent OS.Guide me how to
create ftp account and transfer files through ftp to the srever.Which is
best ftp client?.My local system is also powered by cent OS5.04.
Powered by CentOS sounds a little backward , doesn't it? ;)
Anyway it has become very popular in corporates and it is utter crap.
Anyway now coming to your question FTP is still a very popular
protocol unfortunately.
It also has secure variants - FTP over SSL and FTP over ssh.
For whatever reason my job now requires me to figure out how to
connect to all of them.
And I also have to run an FTP server.
So I can throw some light.
lftp is a great console application with plenty of features for
bandwidth usage to the hilt whichever
way you want. Some ways are not socially acceptable.
It can talk all protocols. So can curl which is another console application.
There are many GUI applications too mentioned by someone else.
Pure-ftpd seems to be the best FTP server. I am going to install it shortly.
In your case I guess your hoster will take care of it.
As to SFTP which is a protocol on top of ssh, it could be slower but
more secure.
scp is another choice which is a great protocol and very powerful too.
-Girish
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