what is the difference between samba and ftp server in linux?
please mention as many as differneces?

Answer Posted / mayuresh wadekar

Samba is Linux service which helps u to communicate with the windows platform.It requires SAMBA User Authentication.

FTP: Is protocol which helps u to transfer file in network doesn't matter which is the platform.FTP also provides User Authentication(Local User i.e real user)It gives access to ANONYMOUS user to access date stored in ( /var/ftp )

Note= /var/ftp is default shared location for ANONYMOUS users. We can Change it.

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