On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:05:13PM -0800, maxim wexler wrote > I thought emerging ftpd would be my salvation but that > doesn't work either. How do you start the bleeping > thing. I even ran /usr/sbin/ftpd; it didn't gag but > it didn't start either.
"man ftpd" (or whatever the package is called) for instructions on how to start it in daemon mode. A WAG from me is "/etc/init.d ftpd start", and remember to use etc-update to put it in your default runlevel. That's about all I remember about ftpd, because I've been using ssh for a long time. I strongly recommend switching to ssh. ftp has security issues for all but anonymous ftp. This is due to sending passwords in clear text. ssh has both "scp" and "sftp", either of which will push/pull files. *AND* ssh allows encrypted tunneling *AND* a secure "telnet" shell equivalant. It's better all around. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
