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FTP servers

Q. I’m using ProFTPD FTP server under CentOS Linux. How do I make sure that my FTP client does not disconnect o timeout connection to FTP server?

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Question: I’ve vsftpd ftp server configured under FreeBSD 7.x and PF firewall. Both PF and FTP server running on a dedicated FreeBSD web server. How do I configure PASSIVE FTP PF firewall configuration so that my vsftpd work? How do I configure PF firewall to protect an FTP server and open port 21?

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How do I configure and install an FTP server in CentOS / RHEL 5 / Fedora Linux server?

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Dedicated Server Hosting

by Vivek Gite

Q. We have decided to move to Linux and brought a dedicated Dell server preinstalled with Red Hat Linux for hosting our small business website. Can you tell me what software required to run on a Linux dedicated server for hosting purpose?

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Q. Can you give me FTP site address at osuosl, so that I can download Linux ISO and other software?
A. The Open Source Lab (osuosl) facilitates open source communities and the development and distribution of Open Source Software (OSS). They provide hosting projects and developing software via their web site. The Open Source Lab is [...]

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Q. How do I stop / start default FTP server on FreeBSD or OpenBSD UNIX system?
A. ftpd is the Internet File Transfer Protocol server under BSD and configured via inetd. The ftpd utility is the Internet File Transfer Protocol server process. The server uses the TCP protocol and listens at the port [...]

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Q. How do I force VSFTPD ftp server to limit the number of simultaneous vsftpd connections from the same IP address under Debian Linux?
A. By default VSFTPD allows unlimited connection from the same client IP address. You can easily force vsftpd ftp server to use limited number of connection. There is a special directive called [...]

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Q. How do I install Ubuntu ftp service or server?
A. Ubuntu Linux comes with various ftp servers to setup FTP service such as:
=> proftpd - Versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon
=> vsftpd - The Very Secure FTP Daemon
=> ftpd - FTP server
=> wu-ftpd - powerful and widely used FTP server
=> wzdftpd - A portable, modular, small [...]

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Q. Because of security issues I would like to change vsftpd port 21. How do I configure vsftpd to use other ports instead of default TCP port 21.
A. vsftpd, which stands for Very Secure FTP Daemon, is an FTP server under Ubuntu, Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and a number of other distributions.
Changing default [...]

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Q. What happens when a hard disk fails in RAID 5? How many hard drive can fail in RAID 5?

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