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Heribert Riesbeck 12/18/01 10:50AM >>> After banging my head against the wall for some hours, I decided to consult the gurus on this list.

Essentially, I would like to share files in a small network with other users on the network.

I have tried a number of things such as creating a ftpusers access file and activating the ftp-wu server. However I am still rejected when I access

If your sharing your files with Windows machines, you may want to use Samba instead of ftp. Much easier to browse and share files. -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Trutwin [mailto:Joshua.Trutwin@udlp.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 11:11 AM To: h.riesbeck@rogers.com; suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Setting up a FTP server - how? the

machine running the ftp server - both as anonymous user and as individual user.

Isn't there a good document which describes the setup and configuration of a FTP server?

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

Heri, I use pure-ftpd (www.pureftpd.org) and it was quite easy to set up. Here is what I had to do, hopefully it will help you with your configuration: 1.) Download source from web site, configure, make, make install, etc. (View README, INSTALL documentation first) 2.) Add a script in /etc/init.d/ to start and stop pure-ftpd at system boot and halt. Create start/stop links in /etc/init.d/rc5.d 3.) For my setup, I had to configure my router to allow outside users to connect with FTP port 21 and to forward these requests to the local address of the SuSE workstation running the FTP server. By default my router was set up to drop these requests for security reasons. If you try pure-ftp, let me know, I may be able to help out. Josh -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com

El mar, 18-12-2001 a las 18:11, Joshua Trutwin escribió: >>> Heribert Riesbeck 12/18/01 10:50AM >>> >After banging my head against the wall for some hours, I decided to consult >the gurus on this list. > >Essentially, I would like to share files in a small network with other users >on the network. > >I have tried a number of things such as creating a ftpusers access file and >activating the ftp-wu server. However I am still rejected when I access the >machine running the ftp server - both as anonymous user and as individual >user. > >Isn't there a good document which describes the setup and configuration of a >FTP server? > >Thank you for taking the time to reply. Heri, I use pure-ftpd (www.pureftpd.org) and it was quite easy to set up. Here is what I had to do, hopefully it will help you with your configuration:

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Me too! And it's the best ftp server I've ever seen. Very easy to install, setup and administrate. You must try it! Bye!

Sorry, I've forgotten to say that installation is much easier than "configure, make and make install". Try this: make -f Makefile.gui. Choose your options (it's much better to say Standalone Server) and choose your language and that's all. After this, download kcmpureftpd, an application you can integrate into Control Center of your KDE2 (Network menu). Compile it (this time do it: ./configure --prefix=/opt/kde2 and (if you're using another SuSE older than 7.3, --with-qt-dir=/opt/kde2; make; make install). You won! Bye again! Alejandro Ortega. 1.) Download source from web site, configure, make, make install, etc. (View README, INSTALL documentation first) 2.) Add a script in /etc/init.d/ to start and stop pure-ftpd at system boot and halt. Create start/stop links in /etc/init.d/rc5.d 3.) For my setup, I had to configure my router to allow outside users to connect with FTP port 21 and to forward these requests to the local address of the SuSE workstation running the FTP server. By default my router was set up to drop these requests for security reasons. If you try pure-ftp, let me know, I may be able to help out. Josh -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com -- Alejandro Ortega Páez ---- aortega@nostracom.com Systems Administrator