FTP

[linuxnewb00]

How can I start/stop FTP on a Linux server?

 

[aixmurderer]

Which FTP server and which release/version of Linux?

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[marsd]

Something like this if you want a programmatic way
of dealing with it.

#!/bin/sh
ftpid=`lsof -i -n | grep ftp | awk ' {print $2}'`
if [ ! -z "$ftpid" ] ; then   
   kill -kill $ftpid 
   echo "Killed process: $ftpid"
   exit
fi
echo "FTPD is not running"

Otherwise just find the process id and send
a kill to it. Or be civilized and RTFM for your
ftpd and see if there is a way to shut it down
more gracefully. Many ftpd's run from(x)inetd,
so there may not be.

 

[lullysing]

Marsd is right on the money. Find the deamon it was/will_be started from and see if there's any options to it. Classics are around the style of :
$deamon {start|stop|reload|halt}

If you are truly lost, find which script is invoked in your RC directories and start from there. LOCATE helps... i suggest installing it since i abuse it everyday to find files that i know but simply don't remember where they are.

 

[aixmurderer]

If you are using wu-ftpd and the aim is to allow/prevent ftp connections, then it can be done from the /etc/ftpaccess config file. Typically the following is in the file, uncomment the 2nd line if you want to disallow FTP connections for a period:

# If /etc/shutmsg exists, don't allow logins
# shutdown /etc/shutmsg

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