On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:03 PM, sri vats <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a webspace in a server which is powered by cent OS.Guide me how to > create ftp account and transfer files through ftp to the srever.Which is > best ftp client?.My local system is also powered by cent OS5.04.
Powered by CentOS sounds a little backward , doesn't it? ;) Anyway it has become very popular in corporates and it is utter crap. Anyway now coming to your question FTP is still a very popular protocol unfortunately. It also has secure variants - FTP over SSL and FTP over ssh. For whatever reason my job now requires me to figure out how to connect to all of them. And I also have to run an FTP server. So I can throw some light. lftp is a great console application with plenty of features for bandwidth usage to the hilt whichever way you want. Some ways are not socially acceptable. It can talk all protocols. So can curl which is another console application. There are many GUI applications too mentioned by someone else. Pure-ftpd seems to be the best FTP server. I am going to install it shortly. In your case I guess your hoster will take care of it. As to SFTP which is a protocol on top of ssh, it could be slower but more secure. scp is another choice which is a great protocol and very powerful too. -Girish -- Gayatri Hitech web: http://gayatri-hitech.com SpamCheetah Spam filter: http://spam-cheetah.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
