On Sun Oct 24 1999 at 14:00, Myst wrote:
> I am having a problem with ftp. I'm running RedHat 5.2, and I have no
> problem using ftp or ncftp _out_ from my machine. However, when I try
> to use ftp or CuteFTP _in_ to my machine, I get this:
>
> Oct 24 13:47:10 pandora in.ftpd[957]: error: cannot execute
> /usr/sbin/in.ftpd: No such file or directory
>
> There is no file anywhere in my system "in.ftpd", yet my installation
> has this line in my inetd.conf file:
> ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a
>
> ...and ftp is installed: /usr/bin/ftp
>
> Any ideas on why I don't have it? (And where/how to get it installed?)
>
> Thanks. =)
You need to install the ftp server daemon, eg, wu-ftpd
The server is a totally different beast, NOT the same as the
/usr/bin/ftp client program.
It's on your distribution CDROM.
However, there are security updates available for it which I strongly
recommend that you use instead. (ftp://updates.redhat.com/ and
mirrors).
Also, for security purposes (if you have your box exposed to the
internet) make sure that you use tcp_wrappers on all inetd daemons via
/etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny. See the hosts_access(5) man
page for details.
Cheers
Tony
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