FTP Server recommendation?

Miles Beck milesbeck at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 08:09:20 MST 2005


On 11/16/05, Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss at granroth.org> wrote:

> > On 11/16/05, Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss at granroth.org> wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 16 November 2005 01:26 pm, Dan Lund wrote:
> >>> I use vsftp on nearly everything I have here at work. (that needs
> >>> ftp)
> >>> It's almost idiotproof when it comes to setup, it's sooo simple.
> >>
> >> I'll second (third?) the vsftp recommendation.  I can't imagine
> >> how it could
> >> be easier to setup.
> >
> > I've never used it before. Do you know of any install/config
> > documentation I can read?
>
> Honestly, I have no idea.  I never had the need to look.  To get a
> standard anonymous FTP server running under SuSE, I did the following:
>
> 1. Installed the vsftpd RPM
> 2. Edited /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd to change 'disabled = yes' to
> 'disabled = no'
>
> That was it.  When I wanted user support later, I just edited /etc/
> vsftpd.conf and looked for a line that dealt with it.  It's heavily
> commented and all the parameters shows the defaults.

I'll check out the config file. Thanks


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