FTP Client : CentOS

FTP Client : CentOS 2014/07/20

	Configure Client computer to connect to FTP Server. The example below is for CentOS.
[1]	Install FTP Client.

[root@dlp ~]#  yum -y install lftp

[2]	The connection with root account is prohibited by default, so access with an common user to FTP Server.

# lftp [option] [hostname] [redhat@dlp ~]$  lftp -u cent www.server.world  Password: # password of the user lftp cent@www.server.world:~> # show current directory on FTP server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  pwd ftp://cent@www.server.world # show current directory on local server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  !pwd /home/redhat # show files in current directory on FTP server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  ls drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Jul 19 01:33 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Jul 20 16:32 test.py # show files in current directory on local server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  !ls -l total 12 -rw-rw-r-- 1 redhat redhat 10 Jul 20 14:30 redhat.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 redhat redhat 10 Jul 20 14:59 test2.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 redhat redhat 10 Jul 20 14:59 test.txt # change directory lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  cd public_html lftp cent@www.server.world:~/public_html>  pwd ftp://cent@www.server.world/%2Fhome/cent/public_html # upload a file to FTP server # "-a" means ascii mode ( default is binary mode ) lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  put -a redhat.txt 22 bytes transferred Total 2 files transferred lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  ls drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Jul 19 01:33 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Jul 20 17:01 redhat.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Jul 20 16:32 test.py -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Jul 20 17:01 test.txt # upload some files to FTP server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  mput -a test.txt test2.txt 22 bytes transferred Total 2 files transferred lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  ls drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Jul 19 01:33 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Jul 20 16:32 test.py -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Jul 20 17:06 test.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Jul 20 17:06 test2.txt # download a file from FTP server # "-a" means ascii mode ( default is binary mode ) lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  get -a test.py 416 bytes transferred # download some files from FTP server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  mget -a test.txt test2.txt 20 bytes transferred Total 2 files transferred # create a directory in current directory on FTP Server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  mkdir testdir mkdir ok, `testdir' created lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  ls drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Jul 19 01:33 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Jul 20 16:32 test.py -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Jul 20 17:06 test.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Jul 20 17:06 test2.txt drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 6 Jul 20 17:16 testdir 226 Directory send OK. # delete a direcroty in current directory on FTP Server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  rmdir testdir rmdir ok, `testdir' removed lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  ls drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Jul 19 01:33 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Jul 20 16:32 test.py -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Jul 20 17:06 test.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Jul 20 17:06 test2.txt # delete a file in current directory on FTP Server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  rm test2.txt rm ok, `test2.txt' removed lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  ls drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Jul 19 01:33 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 399 Jul 20 16:32 test.py -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 10 Jul 20 17:06 test.txt # delete some files in current directory on FTP Server lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  mrm redhat.txt test.txt rm ok, 2 files removed lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  ls drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 23 Jul 19 01:33 public_html # execute commands with "![command]" lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  !cat /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin ... ... redhat:x:1001:1001::/home/redhat:/bin/bash # exit lftp cent@www.server.world:~>  quit 221 Goodbye.