FTP server
An FTP server is
software component of a program, as a standalone program or even as one or more processes
(in the background).
An FTP server plays the role of a
network protocol(s).[citation needed
]
An FTP server can also be intended as a computer that runs an FTP server program to host collections of files. Big FTP sites can be run by many computers in order to be able to serve the desired maximum number of clients connected to servers.
A client program connects to an FTP server, then, unless anonymous access is enabled, it has to authenticate itself by sending
username and password; after that it can retrieve and/or send files to the server along with other operations (depending on user's privileges).[1]
See also
References
- ^ "FTP server definition". BleepingComputer. 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-19.