The macOS and OSX operating systems come with built in FTP, TFTP, SFTP, and HTTP servers. Here is how to enable them and use them.
FTP Server
To start an FTP server use this terminal command:
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Users will need to authenticate to the macOS system using standard logins that are already on the macOS. When someone logs in, they will arrive in /Users/<username>/
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To stop the FTP server, run the following:
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TFTP Server
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The directory that serves files is /private/tftpboot
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To stop the TFTP server, either reboot or use this command:
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SFTP Server
This one is different. Go to system preferences then Sharing
. Check the box to enabe Remote Login
. Once this is done, other people will be able to ssh and sftp to your macOS system.
HTTP Server
Apache comes bundled with macOS. To start it, run this command.
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By default the files will be served from /Library/WebServer/Documents
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To disable the server, either reboot or do this command:
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Checking Status
To check to see what’s running, run the command:
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This will show you which ports are open on your macOS. For example if you have Apache running, you will see the following:
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- HTTP = TCP 80
- FTP = TCP 21
- SSH = TCP 22
- SFTP = TCP 22
- TFTP = UDP 69
Note that TFTP is on UDP and won’t say listen. Just run netstat -an | grep 69
to find if it’s running.
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