Chapter 19. FTP: Transferring Files Across a Network

19. FTP: Transferring Files Across a Network

IN THIS CHAPTER

FTP Client	603
JumpStart: Downloading Files Using ftp	604
Anonymous FTP	607
Automatic Login	607
Binary Versus ASCII Transfer Mode	608
FTP Server (vsftpd)	612
JumpStart: Starting a vsftpd Server	613
vsftpd.conf: The vsftpd Configuration File	614

File Transfer Protocol is a method of downloading files from and uploading files to another system using TCP/IP over a network. File Transfer Protocol is the name of a client/server protocol (FTP) and a client utility (ftp) that invokes the protocol. In addition to the original ftp utility, there are many textual and graphical FTP client programs, including most browsers, that run under many different operating systems. There are also many FTP server programs.