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Toby
Asked: 2011-07-19 23:32:36 +0800 CST

Just installed vsftpd but it isn't showing in services

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I have installed vsftpd and configured as per several tutorials (just the very basic, standard setup) but when I run cat /etc/services there is nothing appearing for Port 21.

What steps do I need to follow in order to add this in?

linux ftp service

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The /etc/services file is just text. You can edit it using your favourite text editor. My CentOS system has the following for ftp

    ftp-data        20/tcp
ftp-data        20/udp
# 21 is registered to ftp, but also used by fsp
ftp             21/tcp
ftp             21/udp          fsp fspd
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  2. /etc/services does not provide you a real-time list your server has running.

    Use netstat -tlnp to see processes listening on some network ports.

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  3. You just need to open up /etc/services in a text editor and add it. There's nothing special that needs to be done. I'm incredibly surprised that it's not in there already; try a grep for ftp.

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