Filezilla FTP Client is a free FTP client for Linux and Windows.

FTP is a file transfer protocol for exchanging files over any TCP/IP based network to manipulate files on another computer on that network regardless of which operating systems are involved (if the computers permit FTP access). There are many existing FTP client and server programs. FTP servers can be set up anywhere between game servers, voice servers, internet hosts, and other physical servers.

GUI FTP Clients

gFTP is a free/open source multithreaded FTP client. It is most used on Unix-like systems, but it can also be used on Mac OS X. It includes both a GUI (which utilizes the GTK+) and a command-line interface.

Install gftp in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install gftp

Filezilla

FileZilla is an FTP program for file uploading and downloading to and from your FTP site, server, or host. The program lets you transfer files and navigate among folders, Web sites, and your computer. This software enables you to perform multiple file transfers simultaneously.

Install filezilla in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install filezilla

Kasablanca

Kasablanca is an ftp client, written in c++, using the kde libraries. among its features are currently encryption (auth tls) support, fxp, site bookmarks, and queued transfers.

sudo aptitude install Kasablanca

FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.

KFTPgrabber

KFTPgrabber is a graphical FTP client for the K Desktop Environment. It implements many features required for usable FTP interaction.

Install KFTPgrabber in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install KFTPgrabber

WinSCP on WINE

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Legacy SCP protocol is also supported. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer.

GNOME Commander

GNOME Commander is a "two-pane" graphical filemanager for the Gnome desktop environment. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands.

Install GNOME Commander in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install gnome-commander

Sitecopy

sitecopy allows you to easily maintain remote Web sites. The program will upload files to the server which have changed locally, and delete files from the server which have been removed locally, keeping the remote site synchronized. FTP and WebDAV are supported.

Install sitecopy in ubuntu

sudo aptitude install sitecopy

FileRunner

FileRunner is an X-Based FTP program. It gives you a windowed view of files on your local system and a remote system. It allows transferring multiple files at once, tagging of files, etc.

Install Filerunner in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install filerunner

konqueror

Konqueror is the KDE file manager. It has support for ftp and much more. You can login to ftp sites with a username and password like this:

Command line FTP Clients

Install ftp in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install ftp

Cftp is an ftp client where you just use the arrow keys to move around and get what you want. This program is rather limited -- you probably want to use something like lftp instead.

Install cftp Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install ubuntu

Lftp is a file retrieving tool that supports FTP, HTTP, FISH, SFTP, HTTPS and FTPS protocols under both IPv4 and IPv6. Lftp has an amazing set of features, while preserving its interface as simple and easy as possible.

The main two advantages over other ftp clients are reliability and ability to perform tasks in background. It will reconnect and reget the file being transferred if the connection broke. You can start a transfer in background and continue browsing on the ftp site. It does this all in one process.

When you have started background jobs and feel you are done, you can just exit lftp and it automatically moves to nohup mode and completes the transfers. It has also such nice features as reputation and mirror. It can also download a file as soon as possible by using several connections at the same time.

Lftp can also be scriptable, it can be used to mirror sites, it lets you copy files among remote servers (even between FTP and HTTP). It has an extensive online help. It supports bookmarks, and connecting to several ftp/http sites at the same time.

Install lftp in ubuntu

sudo aptitude install lftp

ftpcopy is a simple FTP client written to copy files or directories (recursively) from an FTP server. It was written to mirror FTP sites which support the EPLF directory listing format, but it also supports the traditional listing format (/bin/ls).
ftpls is an FTP client which generates directory listings, either in plain text or HTML. The tools only support passive mode FTP. There is no plan to support active mode.

Install ftpcopy ubuntu

sudo aptitude install ftpcopy

This program allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network site, and offers additional features that are not found in the standard interface, ftp. This version has Readline support enabled. This is a complete re-write of version 2.4.3 (Debian package ncftp2).

Some users may prefer the full-screen ncurses interface of the "older" NcFTP 2.4.3; if you are one of them, install the ncftp2 package instead.

Install ncftp in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install ncftp

tnftp is what many users affectionately call the enhanced ftp client in NetBSD. This package is a `port" of the NetBSD ftp client to other systems.

The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD include:

* command-line editing within ftp
* command-line fetching of URLS, including support for:
-- http proxies (c.f: $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy)
-- authentication
* context sensitive command and filename completion
* dynamic progress bar
* IPv6 support (from the WIDE project)
* modification time preservation
* paging of local and remote files, and of directory listings
(c.f: `lpage", `page", `pdir")
* passive mode support, with fallback to active mode
* `set option" override of ftp environment variables
* TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (c.f: `gate")
* transfer-rate throttling (c.f: `-T", `rate")

Install tnftp in ubuntu

sudo aptitude install tnftp

GNU Midnight Commander

GNU Midnight Commander is a text-mode full-screen file manager. It uses a two panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It includes an internal editor with syntax highlighting and an internal viewer with support for binary files. Also included is Virtual Filesystem (VFS), that allows files on remote systems (e.g. FTP, SSH, SMB servers) and files inside archives to be manipulated like real files.

Install Midnight Commander in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install mc

yafc is an ftp client intended to be a replacement for the standard ftp(1) program. Features include directory cache, remote filename completion, aliases, colored ls, recursive get/put/ls/rm, nohup mode transfers, tagging (queueing), background downloading, and more. This version is compiled without KTH Kerberos 4/5 authentication.

Install yafc in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install yafc

ftp is the user interface to the ARPANET standard File Transfer Protocol. The program allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network site.

ftp-ssl replaces normal ftp using SSL or TLS authentication and encryption. It interoperates with normal ftpd. It checks if the other side is also talking SSL or TLS, if not it falls back to normal ftp protocol.

Advantages over normal ftp(d): Your passwords and the data you send will not go in cleartext over the line. Nobody can get it with tcpdump or similar tools.

Install ftp-ssl in ubuntu

Nautilus file manager - both FTP and WebDav client.

In the latest release Ubuntu 13.04, the new version is used as the default file manager Nautilus 3.6.XXX. As we know, it was this version of Nautilus that caused mixed opinions, and in fact, most users were unpleasantly surprised by how “underdeveloped” this release turned out to be, and even used by default in the system. Many immediately rushed to look for some alternative, one of which was Nemo- analogue of "nautilus" in the distribution kit Linux Mint, work environment Cinnamon. Nemo certainly good in everything, but its installation on Ubuntu, pulled along the entire working shell Cinnamon.

CrossFTP- Another one FTP client written in JAVA, using a very familiar type of wire interface and quite good general characteristics regarding its functionality and capabilities. The main and main version of the program is CrossFTP Pro, a purely commercial plan, with a full set of characteristics. CrossFTP is a free version of the client, with somewhat reduced potential, but quite sufficient for standard tasks when working using this type of protocol. In general, according to the overall rating, the program occupies a good position, especially for the full version, but to be honest, the implementation using JAVA.

JFTP- another representative from the client class FTP-applications created using a programming language JAVA and is an analogue of its commercial “brother” JFTP 4.0 from jMethods. The program has its own, individual interface, unlike any others used in similar programs. It must be said that initially JFTP It doesn’t make much of an impression, its somewhat “dull” appearance, and even the lack of the Russian language, doesn’t give any inspiration either. In fact, the power and functionality of the program are very, very significant and are only slightly inferior, in terms of capabilities, to such a magnificent client as FileZilla.

KFTPgrabber- quite powerful FTP client Ubuntu, with a wide range of available functionality designed to work using this protocol, with support for traffic encryption using TLS/SSL. The program is equipped with a modern two-window interface, each of which is, as it were, divided into two more, thus forming a divided navigation area. This is somewhat unusual and at first, it creates a feeling of some kind of overkill in terms of the presence of available windows, instead of the usual tree-like orientation structure used in most FTP clients.

GNOME Commander- another, very high-quality file manager that works on the library GTK+ and has in its arsenal a module for working using the protocol FTP. The name itself already suggests that this application is most preferable to use in an environment GNOME, but does not mean at all that it cannot be used in other working shells. If we draw an analogy, then in the environment KDE, his opponent is , which was discussed a little earlier.

FTP- yes, yes, that’s exactly what the program is called, simple and unpretentious, but the name itself is far from the crown of this creation. The pinnacle of design art (in quotes) can be called, or rather called, the appearance of the program. You won’t find such super-ugliness if you specifically want it, or you’ll have to work hard in search of this kind of rarity. Well, to top it all off, to complete the entire package, so to speak, it is worth noting that there is a maximum of inconvenience when using the program.

As the name itself suggests, the main purpose of the program is a file manager, and a very cool one in all respects. The most powerful, multifunctional, convenient file manager, comparable to Total Commander from OS Windows, but perhaps it will be even cooler. There is really one small “but”, this application was developed as part of the project KDE, and is therefore intended primarily for use in this work environment.

Very good, quite acceptable FTP- the client, in his own likeness, just as he has an external resemblance to all known clients Filezilla. The same two-window, quite simple and convenient, no-frills interface, plus you can add cross-platform, multithreading, safe and reliable file exchange, graphical and console control options, multilingual (including Russian), and much more .

This document was written by Matthew Borowski for the Linux Documentation Project. But it is not finished yet, because... Some additions have not yet been made. A section with information regarding the operation of the FTP server should appear soon.

3. A beginner's guide to using ftp

A quick guide to using ftp. The standard ftp program is a real ftp client. It is included in most Linux distributions. First appeared in 4.2BSD.

3.1. Launching the ftp program

Let's say you want to connect to the FTP site metalab.unc.edu to get the latest Linux kernel sources. At the command line, type:

$ftp metalab.unc.edu

The FTP program will try to connect to metalab.unc.edu. Another way to do this is to run ftp from the command line without parameters, and use the open command with the site name as an argument:

$ftp ftp>open metalab.unc.edu

3.2. Registration on FTP server

When you connect to the FTP site, the system will ask for your login (press Enter and you will be logged in with your local name, in this case foo). We will log in as anonymous or ftp to access the public archive. FTP is a file transfer protocol for exchanging files over any TCP/IP based network to manipulate files on another computer on that network regardless of which operating systems are involved (if the computers
permit FTP access). There are many existing FTP client and server programs. FTP servers can be set up
anywhere between game servers, voice servers, internet hosts, and other physical servers.

GUI FTP Clients

gFTP is a free/open source multithreaded FTP client. It is most used on Unix-like systems, but it can be
also be used on Mac OS X. It includes both a GUI (which utilizes the GTK+) and a command-line interface.

Install gftp in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install gftp

Filezilla

Install filezilla in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install filezilla

Kasablanca

Kasablanca is an ftp client, written in c++, using the kde libraries. among its features are currently encryption (auth tls) support, fxp, site bookmarks, and queued transfers.

sudo aptitude install Kasablanca

FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.

KFTPgrabber

KFTPgrabber is a graphical FTP client for the K Desktop Environment. It implements many features required for usable FTP interaction.

Install KFTPgrabber in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install KFTPgrabber

WinSCP on WINE

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Legacy SCP protocol is also supported. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer.

GNOME Commander

Install GNOME Commander in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install gnome-commander

Sitecopy

sitecopy allows you to easily maintain remote Web sites. The program will upload files to the server
which have changed locally, and delete files from the server which have been removed locally, keeping
the remote site synchronized. FTP and WebDAV are supported.

Install sitecopy in ubuntu

sudo aptitude install sitecopy

FileRunner

FileRunner is an X-Based FTP program. It gives you a windowed view of files on your local system and a
remote system. It allows transferring multiple files at once, tagging of files, etc.

Install Filerunner in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install filerunner

konqueror

Konqueror is the KDE file manager. It has support for ftp and much more. You can login to ftp sites with
a username and password like this:

Command line FTP Clients

ftp is the user interface to the ARPANET standard File Transfer Protocol. The program allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network site.

Install ftp in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install ftp

Cftp is an ftp client where you just use the arrow keys to move around and get what you want. This program is rather limited -- you probably want to use something like lftp instead.

Install cftp Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install ubuntu

Lftp can also be scriptable, it can be used to mirror sites, it lets you copy files among remote servers
(even between FTP and HTTP). It has an extensive online help. It supports bookmarks, and connecting to several ftp/http sites at the same time.

Install lftp in ubuntu

sudo aptitude install lftp

Install ftpcopy ubuntu

sudo aptitude install ftpcopy

Some users may prefer the full-screen ncurses interface of the "older" NcFTP 2.4.3; if you are one of them, install the ncftp2 package instead.

Install ncftp in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install ncftp

tnftp is what many users affectionately call the enhanced ftp client in NetBSD. This package is a `port" of the NetBSD ftp client to other systems.

The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD include:

Install tnftp in ubuntu

sudo aptitude install tnftp

GNU Midnight Commander

GNU Midnight Commander is a text-mode full-screen file manager. It uses a two panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It includes an internal editor with syntax highlighting and an internal
viewer with support for binary files. Also included is Virtual Filesystem (VFS), that allows files on
remote systems (e.g. FTP, SSH, SMB servers) and files inside archives to be manipulated like real files.

Install Midnight Commander in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install mc

transfers, tagging (queueing), background downloading, and more. This version is compiled without KTH Kerberos 4/5 authentication.

Install yafc in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install yafc

ftp is the user interface to the ARPANET standard File Transfer Protocol. The program allows a user to
transfer files to and from a remote network site.

Advantages over normal ftp(d): Your passwords and the data you send will not go in cleartext over the line. Nobody can get it with tcpdump or similar tools.

Install ftp-ssl in ubuntu

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) – file transfer protocol. The FTP protocol allows you to transfer and download files from the server. Today, this protocol is not particularly popular, since it does not support data encryption. Instead of FTP, they use the SFTP protocol (data transfer via SSH), as well as the SCP protocol. This article discusses setting up a regular FTP server based on Ubuntu.

The FTP protocol operates in client-server mode. The server constantly listens for requests from remote clients on port 21. When a request is received, it controls the input and establishes a connection. During the session, the server executes any commands sent by the FTP client. TCP is used as the transport layer protocol. FTP uses two types of connections to transfer data:

Control connection (port 21)
Data connection (in active mode port 20, in passive mode any port greater than 1024)

The separation into control connection and data connection is efficient. This allows commands and files to be transferred independently of each other.

FTP supports two types of authentication:

Anonymous (login ftp or anonymous, password – email)
Authorized (each user has their own login and password)

When working via the FTP protocol, two modes can be established between the client and the server: active and passive. The control connection is the same for Active and Passive mode. The client initiates a TCP connection from a dynamic port (1024 - 65535) to port number 21 on the FTP server, after which authentication occurs. Further actions depend on which mode is selected.

In active mode, after authentication, the client also informs the server of its port number (from the dynamic range 1024 - 65535) so that the server can connect to the client to establish a data connection. The FTP server connects to the specified client port number using TCP port number 20 for data transfer.

In passive mode, after authentication, the server tells the client the TCP port number (from the dynamic range 1024 - 65535) to which it can connect to establish a data connection.

Thus, in active mode, the server is the connection initiator as it connects to the client. In passive mode, the connection initiator is the client.

The active mode is “harmful” for the client in the sense that when a server connects to it on a random port, such a connection will most likely be blocked by the firewall on the client side. Thus, it is necessary to open ports on the client side, which leads to security holes. On the other hand, this mode will be useful for the server, since the well-known port 20 is used for data transfer.

The passive mode is “harmful” for the server, but “beneficial” for the client. The client will make both connections to the server, but one of them will be to a random high port, such a connection will be blocked by the server-side firewall.

Passive mode is typically used when there is a firewall between the client and server.

The most popular FTP commands are:

Team	Description
USER	Specify username
PASS	Specify password
LIST	View directory contents
CWD	Changing the current directory
RETR	Transfer a file from server to client
STOP	Transfer a file from client to server
TYPE	Set transfer mode
DELE	Delete a file
MDK	Create directory
RMD	Delete directory
PASV	Use passive mode
QUIT	Logging out and disconnecting

FTP has three transfer modes:

Streaming – continuous data transfer as a stream (no processing, processing performed by TCP)
Block - FTP divides the data into blocks (header, data field, file size in bytes) and transfers them to TCP
Compression mode with a single algorithm

FTP server is a “library” of files on a hosting, used to store files of different formats. The most popular ftp servers are vsftpd and proftpd. FTP servers are needed to host large volumes of data for public and private downloading. Often, servers are used for anonymous (guest) access to open source distributions of software, music and photos. Access for anonymous users allows, as a rule, only to view directories and download the necessary information, but on some servers it’s the other way around - there are special directories where any user can upload a file for sharing.

With non-anonymous access, there are more possibilities, but they are limited to the directory where access is granted.

Let's move on to setting up the server. We will work with such a scheme.

Both the administrator and the user will have access to the FTP server. Administrator and user have authorized access. In this case, it is necessary to configure access rights so that the administrator has unlimited access, and the user has access only to his home directory. You also need to configure anonymous access.

In Ubuntu, the vsftpd daemon is available for the DHCP server. We install a DHCP server, this is done with the command:

testServer$ sudo apt-get install vsftpd

By default, anonymous uploading is disabled. You need to change the configuration in the /etc/vsftpd.conf file.

testServer$ sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf

We find the line “anonymous_enable” there and assign it the value “Yes”. This line is responsible for access to the FTP server for anonymous users.

You also need to uncomment two lines: “write_enable” and “chroot_local_user”. The first line is responsible for the ability to write to the server, the second line blocks the ability of local users to climb to a directory higher than their home folder.

At the end of the configuration file we add two settings:

These settings set home folders for anonymous and local users.

Save the file configuration using the Ctrl + X key combination (when prompted to replace the current file, select Yes). Next you need to reboot the FTP server with the command

testServer$ sudo service vsftpd restart

The next stage is creating users.

Create a superuser with the command:

testServer$ sudo adduser superuser

Give it a password:

testServer$ sudo passwd superuser

We give him unlimited rights:

testServer$ sudo adduser superuser sudo

Create a regular user:

testServer$ sudo adduser user

Give it a password:

testServer$ sudo passwd user

Enter new UNIX password: 12345

Create a user group to manage folders:

testServer$ sudo addgroup groupl

testServer$ sudo nano /etc/group

Find the line “groupl” using Ctrl + W.

We add our users superuser and user to this line.

Create folders for users:

testServer$ sudo mkdir /srv/ftp/upload

testServer$ sudo mkdir /srv/ftp/superuser

testServer$ sudo mkdir /srv/ftp/user

Set access rights for folders:

testServer$ sudo chmod 700 /srv/ftp/superuser

testServer$ sudo chmod 770 /srv/ftp/user

testServer$ sudo chmod 575 /srv/ftp/upload

Changing folder owners:

testServer$ sudo chown superuser: /srv/ftp/superuser

testServer$ sudo chown user:groupl /srv/ftp/user

testServer$ sudo chown:groupl /srv/ftp/upload

Thus, we get the following picture:

Only the superuser user has access to the superuser folder, he is also the owner of this folder
Both user and superuser have access to the user folder. This is because we set the permissions to 7 7 0. The second seven sets full rights for the user group groupl, to which we added superuser.
Both user and superuser have full access to the upload folder. For everyone else, only read and execute permissions are set 5 75 . 5 = 101 (in binary). 101~r-x. That is, other users (and this includes anonymous) cannot write anything in the upload folder.

We check access rights and owners with the command:

testServer$ ls -l /srv/ftp

In order to check access to the FTP server, you need to type in the address bar in any browser:

ftp://172.16.1.2

In this case, we are logged in as an anonymous user, since we do not enter a name and password.

We see three folders superuser/, upload/, user/. Since we logged in as an anonymous user, we only have access to the folder upload/.

To log in as a superuser, enter:

ftp:// [email protected]

Enter your username: superuser, password: 12345 . Under superuser we get access to all folders.

Let's check the regular user one last time. To avoid having to enter your username and password every time you log in, you can write the following in the address bar:

ftp://user: [email protected]

Under user we can only get into folders upload/ And user/. To folder superuser/ Access closed.

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