Managing the FTP Server

You are able to use FTP to transfer data to and from your Kato Spaces IBM i. IBM offers documentation on managing your FTP server using their System i Navigator: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=i-managing-ftp-server

Here are alternative directions for managing your FTP server using the command line interface.

Check If Your FTP Server Is Running

  1. On a 5250 session command line, type NETSTAT and press enter.

  2. Take option 3.

  3. Look for an entry with the Local Port value of ftp-con. If this entry is present, your FTP server is running.

Starting the FTP Server

  1. On a 5250 session command line, type STRTCPSVR *FTP and press enter.

  2. The FTP server will start shortly.

  3. You can confirm that the FTP server is running by calling WRKACTJOB JOB(QTFTP*) - if there are one or more jobs present in that list, the FTP server has started.