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On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:05:13PM -0800, maxim wexler wrote |
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> I thought emerging ftpd would be my salvation but that |
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> doesn't work either. How do you start the bleeping |
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> thing. I even ran /usr/sbin/ftpd; it didn't gag but |
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> it didn't start either. |
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"man ftpd" (or whatever the package is called) for instructions on how |
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to start it in daemon mode. A WAG from me is "/etc/init.d ftpd start", |
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and remember to use etc-update to put it in your default runlevel. |
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That's about all I remember about ftpd, because I've been using ssh |
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for a long time. I strongly recommend switching to ssh. ftp has |
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security issues for all but anonymous ftp. This is due to sending |
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passwords in clear text. ssh has both "scp" and "sftp", either of which |
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will push/pull files. *AND* ssh allows encrypted tunneling *AND* a |
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secure "telnet" shell equivalant. It's better all around. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 |
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My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca |
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