Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:10:47 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: Dave <dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!) Message-ID: <20101124081047.GA3327@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <4CEC7B4D.7000608@daleco.biz> References: <4CEC4677.7554.3BF9432E@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <4CEC7B4D.7000608@daleco.biz>
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On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 08:41:17PM -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote:
[...]
> >Have a FTP server, so I can automate some of the web page graphics
> >updates, from other systems that generate the data, and can FTP files
> >across the LAN, also of course for general web page maintenance needs.
>
> The base system ftpd is run from inetd, a "super server" which can serve
> several small protocols. Have a look at /etc/inetd.conf. The first "real"
> line:
>
> #ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l
>
> Uncomment that (remove the 'hash'), and save it (you'll have to be root
> again, of course).
An easier solutions would be to enable the ftp server in standalone
mode via /etc/rc.conf:
ftpd_enable="YES"
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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