how to run ftp on your machine

[smidhunraj]

i havae got a ubuntu machine .I typed in ftp in the command and it comes as

ftp>

then it ask for connection .I googled it and found that i have to give an address for it.
Under one forum i found that the address lies in the /etc/hosts file .My file is

111.92.1.214	midhun-Inspiron-1525	# Added by NetworkManager
127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost
::1	midhun-Inspiron-1525	localhost6.localdomain6	localhost6
127.0.1.1	midhun-Inspiron-1525

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

from this can anyone tell me the address i have to type so as to make an ftp connection with my system .I am not able to identify the address ..Thanx in advance

[rch1231]

try
ftp 111.92.1.214
but the question is do you have an ftp server running to allow the connection. Try this from the command line:

ps aux | grep ftp

this will show you any processes with ftp in the name that are running. You may need to install an ftp server (like vsftp) with apt-get.

[thekashyap]

Why don't you type help at the ftp command line. Or do a "man ftp"??!!

[smidhunraj]

Thanx for your reply