3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide Chapter 43 File System Management
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Table 43-11 lists the configuration of the switching as FTP server.
Table 43-11 Configuration of the switch as FTP server
Device Configuration Default Description
Start FTP server. FTP server
is disabled.
You can view the configuration
information of FTP server with
the display ftp-server
command.
Configure authentication
and authorization for
FTP server. — Configure username, password
and authorized directory for
FTP users.
Switch
Configure running
parameters for FTP
server. — Configure timeout time value
for FTP server.
PC Log into the switch from
FTP client. — —
Caution:
The prerequisite for normal FTP function is that the switch and PC are reachable.
43.3.2 Enabling/Disabling FTP Server
You can use the following commands to enable/disable the FTP server on the switch.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
Table 43-12 Enable/disable FTP Server
Operation Command
Enable the FTP server ftp server enable
Disable the FTP server undo ftp server
FTP server supports multiple users to access at the same time. A remote FTP client
sends request to the FTP server. Then, the FTP server will carry out the corresponding
operation and return the result to the client.
By default, FTP server is disabled.
43.3.3 Configuring the FTP Server Authentication and Authorization
The authorization information of FTP server includes the path to the desired directory
for FTP users. The FTP server service is available only for the authenticated and