FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE, PHP 5, MySQL 4.1 (and ftpd)

albi at scii.nl albi at scii.nl
Thu May 19 11:31:40 PDT 2005


On Wed, 18 May 2005 05:56:14 +0300
Can Berk Guder <cbguder at su.sabanciuniv.edu> wrote:

> 1. I've just installed these packages on my fresh 5.4-RELEASE system
> using "pkg_add -r":
> 
> * apache-1.3.33_1
> * mysql-server-4.1.10a
> * php5-5.0.3_2
> 
> However, since php5-mysqli isn't in the 5.4-RELEASE packages  
> collection, I
> can't install php5-mysqli, and therefore PHP 5 is of no use for me.
> I've updated my ports collection using cvsup, however php5-mysqli
> requires   php5-
> 5.0.4.
> 
> Anyway, is there any way that I can install these packages from  
> either the
> ports or the packages collection, or should I switch the whole system 
>  to 5-
> STABLE? Since I'm using a customized kernel, it'd be much easier for  
> me if I
> could just use the packages collection.

from the ports-collection it should be no problem, not sure about
remote package-install

> 2. I uncommented the necessary lines in /etc/inetd.conf to allow  
> ftpd, but I
> still can't connect to localhost using FTP. What else do I need to do 
>  to run the FTP daemon?

did you enable inetd ? (e.g. via /stand/sysinstall post-config)
did you restart inetd ?
is inetd running correctly ?
what about possible firewall-settings ?



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