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Chillar Anand

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Setup FTP server on Mac OS X

#ftp #macbook #python

On Linux & Mac OS X, Python comes pre-installed. On Windows, we can install it from Windows store or from https://python.org website.

We can verify the Python version using the below command.

$ python --version
Python 3.11.6
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We can use the pyftpdlib library to create an FTP server. We can install the library using the below command.

$ python -m pip install pyftpdlib
[I 11:28:21] concurrency model: async
[I 11:28:21] masquerade (NAT) address: None
[I 11:28:21] passive ports: None
[I 11:28:21] >>> starting FTP server on :::2121, pid=99951 <<<
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Now, we can start the FTP server using the below command.

$ python -m pyftpdlib
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It will start the FTP server on port 2121. We can connect to the FTP server using the below command.

$ ftp localhost 2121
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