FTP in Debian

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network such as the Internet. (more about FTP on Wikipedia)

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FTP in Debian
FTP Clients
FTP Servers
Good to know :
1. Vowel mutation problems
See Also

FTP Clients

Debian provides many FTP clients :

Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) :

Nautilus : the Gnome file manager
Konqueror : the KDE file manager
Iceweasel : has a basic [download only] client
gftp : a popular and powerful ftp client.
filezilla : the famous FTP client/server cross-platform
gnome-commander

Command line interfaces (CLI) :

Ncurses interfaces :

see Ncurses

FTP Servers

Debian provides many FTP servers (see stable and sid lists, or use aptitude search ~Pftp-server on your system).

vsftpd Installation and configuration of vsftpd.
ftpd

Good to know :

Vowel mutation problems

If you have problems with vowel mutation (Umlaut) errors in filenames this script will help to correct them: https://sourceforge.net/projects/umlaute/

FTP