Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 11:23 PM Andrew Komornicki wrote: > > > Hi, > > Has anyone considered using secure ftp, sftp. It is much more secure > and readily available. Just like SSH secure shell. > > regards, > Andrew In practical terms. SFTP has little to no advantage over FTPS, SSL enabled

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 11:12 PM Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > > > > > > Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm > > > > Running an unmaintained, out-of-date, password based service like FTP > > on an obsolete and unsupported operating system is begging for a lot > > of trouble if

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Andrew Komornicki
Hi, Has anyone considered using secure ftp, sftp. It is much more secure and readily available. Just like SSH secure shell. regards, Andrew On 11/4/2021 8:12 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: >> >>> Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm >> >> Running an unmaintained,

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
> > > Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm > > Running an unmaintained, out-of-date, password based service like FTP > on an obsolete and unsupported operating system is begging for a lot > of trouble if the machine is ever probed by a rootkit. Are you sure > about doing this?

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Andrew C Aitchison
On Thu, 4 Nov 2021, Larry Linder wrote: Thank You all. I have a copy of the .iso disk on box. Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm Archive manager works pretty nicely. Hmm. I guess that the version on the .iso will be older than the one in the obsolete directory.

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 10:38 AM Larry Linder <0dea520dd180-dmarc-requ...@listserv.fnal.gov> wrote: > > Thank You all. > I have a copy of the .iso disk on box. > Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm > Archive manager works pretty nicely. > > Larry Linder Wait, what? vsftpd

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 10:38:29AM -0400, Larry Linder wrote: > > > > Any one have an idea how to install ftp. > The ftp packages are right there on the SL download site:

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Larry Linder
Thank You all. I have a copy of the .iso disk on box. Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm Archive manager works pretty nicely. Larry Linder On Thu, 2021-11-04 at 12:19 +0100, Francesco Alfano wrote: > You can try download and install vsftpd from > >