how do I install plain old ftpd?
by JinxsDad from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6ESZ6)
I have installed vsftpd, and am having all kinds of problems with it coming in from my FreeBSD system (and I've seen countless sites with similar, but not quite the same) issues.
I've seen a few issues (so far). First, I wanted to get the source for ncftp over to FreeBSD (later discovered a package, but that's not the point). vsftpd constantly left out anything with "ncftp" anywhere in the name. I then renamed the .tar.gz file gftp and it STILL refused to see (and show) it. I put the source and libncftpd (which I downloaded in case I'll need it) into a directory under Downloads called ncftp. Nope. Still won't show it. So I thought maybe there's a depth issue, and moved it to my home directory. No change.
So I was still thinking it was the FreeBSD ftp acting up. Once I installed the ncftp package on my FreeBSD system, I tried it, expecting (incorrectly) for it to work. Obviously, no dice.
So then, just for another test, I did a cd into my ~/src directory, which has 25 items in it (per ls -C1 | wc -l). vsftp showed about eight or so of those 25 items.
I'd also tried this proftpd thing with an unnecessarily large config file. No thanks. So how do I install just the plain old ftpd instead? Or should I get the one from TCP Wrappers and install it?
Thanks
I've seen a few issues (so far). First, I wanted to get the source for ncftp over to FreeBSD (later discovered a package, but that's not the point). vsftpd constantly left out anything with "ncftp" anywhere in the name. I then renamed the .tar.gz file gftp and it STILL refused to see (and show) it. I put the source and libncftpd (which I downloaded in case I'll need it) into a directory under Downloads called ncftp. Nope. Still won't show it. So I thought maybe there's a depth issue, and moved it to my home directory. No change.
So I was still thinking it was the FreeBSD ftp acting up. Once I installed the ncftp package on my FreeBSD system, I tried it, expecting (incorrectly) for it to work. Obviously, no dice.
So then, just for another test, I did a cd into my ~/src directory, which has 25 items in it (per ls -C1 | wc -l). vsftp showed about eight or so of those 25 items.
I'd also tried this proftpd thing with an unnecessarily large config file. No thanks. So how do I install just the plain old ftpd instead? Or should I get the one from TCP Wrappers and install it?
Thanks