Configuring Authentication And Authorization; Manually Releasing Ftp Connections; Displaying And Maintaining The Ftp Server; Ftp Server Configuration Example In Standalone Mode - HP 12500 Configuration Manual

Configuring authentication and authorization

Perform this task on the FTP server to authenticate FTP clients and set the authorized directories that
authenticated clients can access.
The following authentication modes are available:
• Local authentication—The device looks up the client's username and password in the local user
account database. If a match is found, authentication succeeds.
Remote authentication—The device sends the client's username and password to a remote
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authentication server for authentication. The user account is configured on the remote
authentication server rather than the device.
The following authorization modes are available:
Local authorization—The device assigns authorized directories to FTP clients based on the locally
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configured authorization attributes.
• Remote authorization—A remote authorization server assigns authorized directories on the device
to FTP clients.
For information about configuring authentication and authorization, see Security Configuration Guide.

Manually releasing FTP connections

Task
Manually release FTP connections.

Displaying and maintaining the FTP server

Execute display commands in any view.
Task
Display FTP server configuration and status information.
Display detailed information about online FTP users.

FTP server configuration example in standalone mode

Network requirements
Create a local user account with username abc and password 123456 on the FTP server. Use the user
account to log in to the FTP server from the FTP client, upload the file temp.bin from the FTP client to the
FTP server, and download the configuration file startup.cfg from the FTP server to the FTP client for
backup.
Command
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Release the FTP connection established using a specific user
account:
free ftp user username
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Release the FTP connection to a specific IP address:
free ftp user-ip [ ipv6 ] client-address [ port port-num ]
Command
display ftp-server
display ftp-user
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