Remove software component without NI MAX

[Mads]

Is there a way to remove a software component on a real-time target without using MAX or the System Config API (and not format the whole thing)? The web based software management feature only seems to list the installed components, not allow any changes as far as I can see(?).

More specifically we have an NI Linux RT target with the Legacy FTP support installed, and now we want to remove it to avoid anonymous access to the device (unlike on other target OSs the FTP server on Linux RT only supports anonymous access so adding a user password is not an option). We might be able to log on to it using Putty for example, so perhaps there is a command/change we could use to at least disable the FTP server?

[JoshuaP]

Out of curriousity why don't you want to just use the NI System Configuration API?  It clearly supports the ability to uninstall any component including the FTP support.

[Mads]

We're looking for a way to do it with tools that happen to be available on-site already. If we could install software to remove the FTP support we would have. 

[ScotSalmon · Accepted solution]

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