How do i add an FTP account 1

[farley99]

How do i add an FTP account to redhat linux?

 

[sleipnir214]

What FTP server are you using, and what is the source against which it is verifying user credentials?

Chances are, simply creating a new user on the system will provide a new set of credentials by which a user can log in.

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[farley99]

i have proftpd, i need username and password credentials.

 

[sleipnir214]

In its default mode of installation, it will use the system user directory.

Create a new user on the OS.

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[farley99]

thanks,

how do i test ftp'ing something to myself? i tried localhost and the IP my isp gave me(dynamic ip, i sign on with modem) but i get connection refused.

how do i make sure proftpd is up and running? I dont see it in /etc/rc.d/init.d

 

[sleipnir214]

The presence of an entry in the init scripts tree does not mean that the app is running. That just means the app might have been started at one time.

The command to see what is currently running is "ps". It'll give you more than you want, so I generally pipe it through grep: "ps ax | grep proftpd".


With the default proftpd installation, if it's running it'll respond on localhost. I don't know how you installed it to tell you how to start it. I install proftpd from source, and the compilation and install process puts the application in /usr/local/sbin/proftpd

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