I thought FTP was loaded on my CentOS box.

First let me find the IP Address of my FTP Server

[root@localhost zahco]# /sbin/ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 6C:62:6D:CE:0A:47  

          inet addr:16.1.1.120  Bcast:16.1.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

Okay so now I know its 16.1.1.120 so let me try from the same server

[zahco@localhost ~]$ ftp 16.1.1.120

ftp: connect: Connection refused

ftp> 

How do I validate ftp service is running?

Could it be a firewall on the ftp server blocking connections (even local)?

I can tell you to check what services are running all you need to do is

ps -Al[b]

(That will list all services running on your system)

ps-Al | grep vsftpd

(That will filter based on certain service)







Also you can check what you have installed

ls /etc/init.d

Typically vsftpd is installed by default so all you need to do is type

/etc/init.d/vsftpd start