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■FTP client — After connecting to the server by running the terminal emulator or Telnet on a PC, you can access the files on it, using the FTP command.

FTP Server configuration includes tasks described in the following sections:

■Enabling and Disabling the FTP Server

■Configuring the FTP Server Authentication and Authorization

■Configuring FTP Server Parameters

■Displaying and Debugging the FTP Server

■Introduction to FTP Client

Enabling and Disabling the FTP Server

You can use the following commands to enable or disable the FTP server. Perform the following configuration in system view.

Table 264 Enable/Disable FTP Server

Operation	Command
Enable the FTP server	ftp server enable
Disable the FTP server	undo ftp server

The FTP server supports multiple user access. A remote FTP client sends a request to the FTP server. Then, the FTP server carries out the corresponding operation and returns the result to the client.

By default, the FTP server is disabled.

Configuring the FTP Server Authentication and Authorization

You can use the following commands to configure FTP server authentication and authorization. The authorization information of the FTP server includes the top working directory provided for FTP clients.

Perform the following configuration in system view.

Table 265 Configure the FTP Server Authentication and Authorization

Operation	Command
Create new local user and enter local user	local-user username
view (system view)

Delete local user (system view)

undo local-user [ username all [ service-type ftp ] ]

Configure password for local user (local user	password [ cipher simple ]
view)	password
Configure service type for local user (local user	service-type ftp ftp-directory
view)	directory
Cancel password for local user (local user	undo password
view)
Cancel service type for local user (local user	undo service-type ftp [
view)	ftp-directory ]

Only clients who have passed the authentication and authorization successfully can access the FTP server.