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FTP & NFS

This document discusses FTP and NFS. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows transferring files between hosts over TCP. It uses separate control and data connections. FTP requires multiple ports - port 21 for commands and port 20 for transferring data. VSFTPD is a secure and efficient FTP server included in Red Hat Linux. NFS (Network File System) allows mounting remote file systems over a network. It provides a centralized storage that can be accessed from multiple systems, similar to a local file system. Configuring NFS involves exporting directories on the server and mounting them on clients.

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FTP & NFS

This document discusses FTP and NFS. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows transferring files between hosts over TCP. It uses separate control and data connections. FTP requires multiple ports - port 21 for commands and port 20 for transferring data. VSFTPD is a secure and efficient FTP server included in Red Hat Linux. NFS (Network File System) allows mounting remote file systems over a network. It provides a centralized storage that can be accessed from multiple systems, similar to a local file system. Configuring NFS involves exporting directories on the server and mounting them on clients.

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FTP & NFS

Presented By:
V. Rahul
Nikhil Arora
Manogna
N. Sowjanya
G. Ravi Teja
What is FTP?
 The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network
protocol used to transfer computer files from one host to
another host over a TCP-based network, such as
the Internet.

 FTP is built on a client-server architecture and uses


separate control and data connections between the
client and the server.
 Unlike most protocols used on the Internet, FTP requires
multiple network ports to work properly.

 When an FTP client application initiates a connection to


an FTP server, it opens port 21 on the server — known as
the command port. This port is used to issue all
commands to the server.

 Any data requested from the server is returned to the


client via a data port (port 20)
What is vsftpd ?
 The Very Secure FTP Daemon (vsftpd) is designed from
the ground up to be fast, stable, and, most importantly,
secure.

 vsftpd is the only stand-alone FTP server distributed with


Red Hat Enterprise Linux, due to its ability to handle large
numbers of connections efficiently and securely.
How to configure FTP?
INSTALLATION :
 For Graphical Interface
yum install vsftpd*
 For Command Line Interface
yum install ftp*
To start the vsftpd service in the current session, type the
following at a shell prompt as root:

~]# systemctl start vsftpd.service


To check the status of vsftpd service
~]# systemctl status vsftpd.service
 After installing Vsftpd a directory name ftp is created in /var
directory
 If you want to upload any file into server :
 First we should place the files in the directory of /var/ftp/pub

HOW TO CONNECT TO THE FTP SERVER?


 In Graphical mode using Firefox Browser
ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
 In Command Line Mode
ftp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Give Login details for ftp user
Network File Sharing(NFS)..
What is NFS ?
The Network File System (NFS) is a way of
mounting Linux discs/directories over a
network.

An NFS server can export one or more directories


that can then be mounted on a remote Linux
machine.
Why we are using nfs ?
The main use of NFS in the home context, is to share out data
on a central server (-for example, your music collection) to all
the PCs in the house. This way, you have a single copy of data
(-hopefully, well backed up) accessible from a central
location.
use NFS to connect the Linux members.

Server O/S Client O/S Usage

Linux Linux NFS


Benefits of nfs
A NFS file system mounted is very similar to a local file
system on the machine.
An NFS server can be made of a completely different
architecture and operating system than the client.
NFS does not disclose the location of a file on the
network
It also never discloses the underlying file system on the
remote machine.
Configuration

Server :
Open exports file using # vim /etc/exports
Edit that file as bellow
/nfs *(rw,sync)
/nfs 192.168.1.20(rw,sync)
Restart nfs server using # systemctl restart nfs
To check whether directories added use # exportfs
Client:

Install NFS packages and start it.


Then use command # showmount –e ip address
to check directories will be shared by server.
To mount the directories shared by server we use
# mount –t nfs IP:server_directory client_directory .
Mount -t nfs192.168.1.21:/nfs /nfs
Any questions?
Thank you

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