FTP

By default, your system is configured to allow users who have an account on your system to use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to transfer files between your system and other systems. The use of FTP by anonymous users is disabled. (So-called ``anonymous FTP'' is commonly used to upload and download files from a system by users that are unknown to that system; no authentication is required. If you have ever downloaded a file from the Internet using your Web browser, you probably have used anonymous FTP.)

By clicking on the FTP button on the Internet Services page, you can determine whether FTP access is permitted at all, as well as whether anonymous users can download or upload files.

See also:

• ``Setting up anonymous ftp''