FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

[Mihai]

Connect to the computer from which we want to transfer the file (Upload), to a terminal or a command console

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[root @ centos ~]

Go to the directory where we want to upload the file (in our case Downloads)

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[root @ centos ~] cd /home/user/Downloads
[root @ centos Downloads]

Open the ftp application

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[root @ localhost Downloads]# ftp
ftp>

Connect to the destination server

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ftp> open 192.168.30.2
Connected to 192.168.30.2 (192.168.30.2).
220 ProFTPD 1.3.4a Server (Debian) [192.168.30.2]

The login credentials of the station where we want to upload the data, will be requested (in our case the user used is "myuser")

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Name (192.168.30.2:root): myuser
331 Password required for myuser
Password:
230 User myuser logged in
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.

Access the directory where we want to upload the file on the remote server

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ftp> cd /home/myuser/Downloads
250 CWD command successful

Check if there is another file with the same name as our file that we want to upload

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ftp> ls -a
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,30,2,174,186).
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
drwxr-xr-x 2 myuser myuser 4096 Jul 16 2014 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 myuser myuser 4096 Sep 3 17:04 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 myuser myuser 341830 Jul 16 2014 openssh-server_5.9p1-5ubuntu1_i386.deb
226 Transfer complete

Upload the file (in our case the file is called "My File.z")

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ftp> put FisierulMeu.z FisierulMeu.z
local: FisierulMeu.z remote: FisierulMeu.z
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,30,3,196,70).
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for FisierulMeu.z
226 Transfer complete
3041285 bytes sent in 0.229 secs (13295.53 Kbytes/sec)

Check if the file has been uploaded

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ftp> ls -a
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,30,2,161,250).
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
drwxr-xr-x 2 myuser myuser 4096 Jan 28 16:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 myuser myuser 4096 Sep 3 17:04 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 myuser myuser 3041285 Jan 28 16:27 FisierulMeu.z
-rw-rw-r-- 1 myuser myuser 341830 Jul 16 2014 openssh-server_5.9p1-5ubuntu1_i386.deb
226 Transfer complete
ftp> exit
221 Goodbye.