Re: setting up an ftp server

2001-07-30 Thread Kalle Hasselström
On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 12:20:59PM -0500, William Jensen wrote: Kalle, I'm a large fan of bsd-ftpd. It's simple to install and straight forward to configure. First off after you run apt-get install bsd-ftpd you should open a new shell and type man in.ftpd. Read that file over and you

Re: setting up an ftp server

2001-07-30 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Kalle Hasselstr?m ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... Two more questions popped up, regarding inetd. bsd-ftpd is started by inted on incoming calls. How can I a) Temporarily disable ftp? I thought it would be a good idea to do this when it's not being used, to be on the safe side. I

Re: setting up an ftp server

2001-07-30 Thread Kalle Hasselström
On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 02:00:43PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: * Kalle Hasselström ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... Two more questions popped up, regarding inetd. bsd-ftpd is started by inted on incoming calls. How can I a) Temporarily disable ftp? I thought it would be a good

setting up an ftp server

2001-07-29 Thread Kalle Hasselström
Currently, the only service I'm running is ssh, as this meets my requirements both regarding remote logins and file transfers. However, ssh clients, especially the file-transfering sort, are not a standard item on most mac and windows computers, and now and then I find the need to talk to my

Re: setting up an ftp server

2001-07-29 Thread Allan M. Wind
On 2001-07-30 00:44:51, Kalle Hasselström wrote: How much of a security risk would it be to run an ftp server? Make sure you have have restrictive permission on all directories if you allow anonymous ftp, otherwise you will be staging pirated software or DVDs fairly quickly. The ftp servers