FTP Server

[Nancy Sollars]

ditch WU-ftpd and go and download the rpms for Pureftd install it and start
it up with

/usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd &

this one runs as a daemon and is highly secure ...

Nige


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Cluff" <brian@snaptek.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.mybutt.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: FTP Server


> Look at inetd or xinetd configs....  Basicly you will want it to start the
> ftp server whenever someone tries to connect to it.
> Depending on the ftp server you can also run them as stand alone servers,
> but you will need to doctor your config to tell it to do that.  If you are
> trying to use wu-ftpd I would recommend switching to proftpd as wu tends
to
> be a magnet for getting hacked, and pro will allow you to run as a stand
> alone server if thats what you want.  It's also a little easier to
> configure.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > I am running redhat 7.1, and want to set the machine up as an ftp
> > server, I tried running in.ftpd from the command line, and am having no
> > luck, i imagine I am on the wrong track.  Could some one please give me
> > a clue?
>
>
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