FTP nube question

[baysidelinux]

I read that most distros leave Anonymous FTP turned on by default. I just installed Debian to play around and I was wondering is FTP installed by default? with the minimal instalation and how do I check to see if Anonymous FTP enabled?
Thanks
Art

[farslayer]

easiest way to see if an ftp server is running is to check if the ftp port is in listen mode..

-l = listen
-p = program ID

itg-debian:/etc# netstat -lp | grep ftp
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN 3774/proftpd: (acce

So this shows that my FTP port (port 21) is open and in listening mode and the ftp Program I have running is proftpd

easy !!

although I wouldn't set up a ftp in anonymous mode..
ftp is not very secure to begin with.

for secure file transfer look into scp and sftp