FTP server (was: RedHat)

[Sean]

Actually you want to look at /etc/xinet.d/wu-ftpd
if there is a line like

disable = yes
change that to
disable = no

and than do the killall -HUP stuff or just restart the daemon doing
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart


On 30 Apr 2001, Matt Graham wrote:

> James Dooley <james@dooley3d.com> wrote:
> > Ya it rocks...
> > I guess I found a new problem...
> > How do you set up a FTP server on linux...
> > When I use Winblows I use sambar...
> > I figured that Linux would have one pre-installed...
>
> You need to install one.  RedHat should have several; at least one is
> installed if you chose the "Server" installation.  Take a look on the REdHat
> CD for wu-ftpd, in.ftpd, or proftpd.  Install one of them using rpm -Uvh or
> whatever GUI tool strikes your fancy.  Then edit the inetd.conf file.  RedHat
> uses xinetd IIRC, so I forget where the configuration file is...
> /etc/xinetd/xinetd.conf ?  There is most likely a line in there that's been
> commented out like:
>
> #ftp   stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  wu.ftpd -a
>
> So uncomment it by removing the # sign.  Only uncomment one line, the line
> that corresponds to the FTP server you installed.  Then "killall -HUP xinetd"
> to force xinetd to re-read its config file.  You should be set after that.
>
> Remember that FTP is inherently insecure (usernames and passwords transmitted
> in plain text) and every couple of months, the 31337 h4x0r5 find some kind of
> funky buffer-overflow exploit in the various FTP daemons that are commonly
> used.  Keep up-to-date with RedHat's latest security fixes!
>
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