Thanks to both Ed's for their help with my ftp problem. I installed vsftpd and that has mostly solved my problems. I'm still having trouble getting ftp to find my files on my mac (I see now another reason why Linux can be easier than macs- I actually can understand the directory structure!) but another user can ftp with no problem so I think the Linux part is fine.
Thanks again! ashleigh On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 17:05, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 02:13:39PM -0700, ashleigh smythe wrote: > > Hello. Newbie here with many questions on ftp. I have been combing the > > archives of this list and linuxquestions.org and none of the solutions > > seem to fit my system. I recently upgraded (via fresh install)from RH > > 7.2 to 9.0. I am now unable to connect from other computers (macs) via > > ftp. I am able to connect with SSH and I even put the firewall settings > > (via the RH menu security level tool) to no firewall or medium but allow > > ftp and still cannot connect. Do I need to start the ftp deamon (don't > > know what that means!)? Which ftp should I even be using? rpm -qa|grep > > ftp gives me: > > ftp-0.17-17 > > gftp-2.0.14-2 > > lftp-2.6.3-3 > > All of those are ftp clients, not servers. A daemon is simply another > name for a server. You'll need to install either vsftp or wu-ftpd, the > 2 most common ftp servers. > > > I read that ftp is insecure as it shows the username and password to the > > network - is there something else I should use to move files from my mac > > laptop? > > If the communication is totally within your own network and your ftp > server is not accessible from outside, by all means use ftp. It's > considerably faster than ssh and gives you a lot of functionality that > ssh doesn't give you. Depending on what kind of Mac you have, you've > even got more option. You could install netatalk, thereby giving you > Appletalk over IP - this is common in my office for my Mac users. If > you're running OS X, then you could use the NFS server on Linux with > your Mac being the NFS client. Both Appletalk and NFS give you nice > functionality beyond what ssh or ftp will allow. > > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
