To Enable FTP on a Linux Based Management Server

Steps

1. Log in to the management server as root.

2. Create symbolic links to the /etc/init.d/vsftpd file in the /etc/rc3.d and /etc/rc5.d directories.

   For example:

   # ln -s /etc/init.d/vsftpd /etc/rc3.d/S99vsftpd # ln -s /etc/init.d/vsftpd /etc/rc5.d/S99vsftpd

   The FTP service is enabled, and starts when the management server is rebooted. After the system is rebooted, you can verify whether the FTP service has started by using the ps and grep commands:

   # ps -eaf | grep ftp root 3035 1 0 16:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsf

Next Steps

Update the /etc/hosts file as described in the next section.