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Jimbo: Reverted edits by 77.220.179.20 (Talk); changed back to last version by Ninereasons

2008-01-13T18:59:49Z

Reverted edits by 77.220.179.20 (Talk); changed back to last version by Ninereasons

Ninereasons at 19:45, 30 May 2006

2006-05-30T19:45:39Z

Ninereasons: move description up, advice down.

2006-05-05T19:50:30Z

move description up, advice down.

Ninereasons: move section to ftp#Common flags

2006-05-05T19:45:43Z

move section to ftp#Common flags

Ninereasons: Ftp moved to FTP

2006-05-05T19:20:12Z

Ftp moved to FTP

Dave: added flags info

2004-12-24T06:52:18Z

added flags info

Jimbo at 17:57, 5 December 2004

2004-12-05T17:57:45Z

Dave at 16:15, 5 December 2004

2004-12-05T16:15:54Z

New page

File Transer Protocol. In the halcyon days of early unix systems, an easy and reliable way to transfer files from one system to another. These days, you'll want something secure that doesn't send your login/password in cleartext -- which ftp, like telnet, does -- and you'll probably want to use something like [[sftp]].

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 The default FTP client on FreeBSD systems is ''[[ftp]]''. The default FTP server is ''[[ftpd]]''.
-These days, you'll want something secure that doesn't send your login/password in cleartext -- which ftp, like telnet, does -- and you'll probably want to use something like [[SFTP]].
+These days, you'll want something secure that doesn't send your login/password in cleartext -- which ftp, like telnet, does -- and you'll probably want to use something like [[FTPS]] (FTP over ''Secure Socket Layer (SSL)'' or ''Transport Layer Security (TLS)'') or [[SFTP]] (''[[SSH]] file transfer protocol'').
 [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]

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-File Transer Protocol. In the halcyon days of early unix systems, an easy and reliable way to transfer files from one system to another. These days, you'll want something secure that doesn't send your login/password in cleartext -- which ftp, like telnet, does -- and you'll probably want to use something like [[sftp]].
+File Transer Protocol. In the halcyon days of early unix systems, an easy and reliable way to transfer files from one system to another, and still a common and important internet service.
 The default FTP client on FreeBSD systems is ''[[ftp]]''. The default FTP server is ''[[ftpd]]''.
 [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]

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 File Transer Protocol. In the halcyon days of early unix systems, an easy and reliable way to transfer files from one system to another. These days, you'll want something secure that doesn't send your login/password in cleartext -- which ftp, like telnet, does -- and you'll probably want to use something like [[sftp]].
-==Common flags==
+The default FTP client on FreeBSD systems is ''[[ftp]]''. The default FTP server is ''[[ftpd]]''.
-−
- -a don't login, use anonymous login
- -A force active mode
- -i no interactive prompts
- -p force passive mode
- -P change the port to this
- -v verbose
 [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]

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	File Transer Protocol. In the halcyon days of early unix systems, an easy and reliable way to transfer files from one system to another. These days, you'll want something secure that doesn't send your login/password in cleartext -- which ftp, like telnet, does -- and you'll probably want to use something like [[sftp]].		File Transer Protocol. In the halcyon days of early unix systems, an easy and reliable way to transfer files from one system to another. These days, you'll want something secure that doesn't send your login/password in cleartext -- which ftp, like telnet, does -- and you'll probably want to use something like [[sftp]].
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		+	==Common flags==
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		+	-a don't login, use anonymous login
		+	-A force active mode
		+	-i no interactive prompts
		+	-p force passive mode
		+	-P change the port to this
		+	-v verbose

	[[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]		[[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]

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	File Transer Protocol. In the halcyon days of early unix systems, an easy and reliable way to transfer files from one system to another. These days, you'll want something secure that doesn't send your login/password in cleartext -- which ftp, like telnet, does -- and you'll probably want to use something like [[sftp]].		File Transer Protocol. In the halcyon days of early unix systems, an easy and reliable way to transfer files from one system to another. These days, you'll want something secure that doesn't send your login/password in cleartext -- which ftp, like telnet, does -- and you'll probably want to use something like [[sftp]].
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		+	[[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]