Changing default ftp port

[illoai at gmail.com]

On 28/05/07, illoai at gmail.com <illoai at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27/05/07, dbetts <betts at norden1.com> wrote:
> > I don't allow anonymous FTP into my server but when I look at the logs I
> > see lots of attempts to FTP in.
> > I had the same problem with SSH but changed that port and now I don't
> > have that problem.
> > How would I change the default FTP port from 21 to another port?
> > What port would work?
> > Thanks
>
> man 8 ftpd
> look at the -P option (I think this works in /etc/inetd.conf
> if that's how you start ftpd)
> I won't even guess if you're using some ftpd from ports.
>

Hello, self :P, but to continue, anything above 49151
seems just fine:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

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