On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 15:20, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 19, 2009, at 13:54, Scott Haneda wrote: > >>>> I can start pureftpd and it works from the command line now. Apple has >>>> /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist which seems to get the disabled key >>>> toggled around depending on how your system preferences are set. >>>> >>>> If I want to maintain that feature, enable and disable by System >>>> preferences, I take it I would need to alter >>>> /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist? >>> >>> I would discourage you from modifying files installed by Apple. Instead, >>> this port should install its own launchd plist and you can manage that plist >>> on the command line or using gui tools like lingon. >> >> Ok. Agreed. This has the problem of clicking on the FTP server in Apples >> System Prefs Sharing pane will cause trouble. >> >> Is it worth a UI messgae to warn users, or are there any more automatic or >> graceful ways to deal with this? >> >> I assume this is identical to the Apache ports, and just leave things >> alone? > > Yes, for the Apache ports and lighttpd and other web servers, users are > expected to turn off Apple's Web Sharing -- or run the MacPorts web server > on a different port. The same would apply to FTP servers or any other > servers Apple might offer. Though I don't see an FTP server in my Sharing > preferences -- maybe you're on Mac OS X Server?
It's under "File Sharing" ... - Toby _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
