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File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was once considered the primary method used to transfer files over a network from computer to computer. FTP is still heavily used today, although many graphical FTP clients now supplement the original text-based interface command. As computers have evolved, so has FTP, and Fedora Core includes many ways with which to use a graphical interface to transfer files over FTP. This chapter contains an overview of the available FTP software included with Fedora, along with some details concerning initial set up, configuration, and use of FTP-specific clients. Fedora also includes an FTP server software package named vsftpd, the Very Secure FTP Daemon, and a number of associated programs you can use to serve and transfer files with the FTP protocol. The following sections provide an overview of how to use FTP clients, then how to install and configure the vsftpd FTP server. |
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