Help: Setting up FTP server is not in the handbook... or is it?

Barry Byrne barry.byrne at wbtsystems.com
Fri May 21 07:32:46 PDT 2004


Mark:

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the FTP line. Then 'killall -HUP inetd'
to restart. You should then be able to ftp to your machine. You should 'man
ftpd' for further details on configuring ftp.

Cheers,

Barry
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Mark Jayson Alvarez
> Sent: 21 May 2004 15:23
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Help: Setting up FTP server is not in the 
> handbook... or is it?
> 
> Hi,
>   I have a lot of files in my computer that i wanted
> to share with my friends remotely via ftp server. I'm
> currently using freebsd 4.9 and I've been repeatedly
> scanning through the handbook but I cant seem to find
> the portion about setting up an ftp server. Did I miss
> something in the handbook or its just that there isn't
> acctualy any part that tells how to do it, or maybe
> freebsd is just using a different term? Can you give a
> link perhaps which will give me a hint on setting up
> an ftp server on freebsd? 
> 
> smile:)
> jay
> 
> 
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