Configuring Additional File Transfer Functions
Configuring a Router to Use FTP Connections
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Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.1
If the server has a directory structure, the configuration file or image is written or copied relative to the
directory associated with the remote username on the server. Use the ip rcmd remote-username
command to specify which directory on the server to use. For example, if the system image resides in
the home directory of a user on the server, you can specify that user’s name as the remote username.
If you copy the configuration file to a personal computer used as a file server, the computer must support
rsh.
To override the default remote username sent on rcp requests, use the following commands starting in
privileged EXEC mode:
To remove the remote username and return to the default value, use the no ip rcmd remote-username
command.
Configuring a Router to Use FTP ConnectionsYou configure a router to transfer files between systems on the network using the Internet File Transfer
Protocol (FTP). With the Cisco IOS implementation of FTP, you can set the following features:
•Passive-mode FTP
•User name
•Password
•IP address
FTP Configuration Task List
Use the instructions in the section “Configuring FTP Connections” to configure FTP on a router.
Configuring FTP Connections
To configure FTP connections on a router, use the following commands in global configuration mode:
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode from the terminal
Step2 ip rcmd remote-username username Specifies the remote username.
Command Purpose
ip ftp username string Specifies the user name to be used for the FTP connection.
ip ftp password [type] password Specifies the password to be used for the FTP connection.
ip ftp passive
or
no ip ftp passive
Configures the router to only use passive-mode FTP connections.
Allows all types of FTP connections (default).
ip ftp source-interface interface Specifies the source IP address for FTP connections.