Good point, but it presupposes that the "other comuputer" is a Linux box and
not some inferrior breed that doesn't understand scp ;-)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Coates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mandrake Expert List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] All I want to do is FTP
> you know what I do when I want to transfer a big bunch of files?
> scp -r big-buncha-files [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/new/home/of/files
>
> You can also use:
>
> scp -r [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/big/buncha/files /new/home/of/files
>
> It's a little more CPU-intensive than FTP'ing them, but who cares? It's
> also a lot easier than installing a temporary FTP server, especially
> since you've probably already got sshd up and running on at least one of
> the boxes.
>
> IMHO the FTP protocol is dying the slow and painful death that it so
> richly deserves. It won't be missed.
>
> Jack
>
> On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 07:27, David Rankin wrote:
> > Worse comes to worse, try:
> >
> > # vi /etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftpd
> >
> > service ftp
> > {
> > disable = yes
> > socket_type = stream
> > wait = no
> > user = root
> > server = /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
> > server_args = -l -a
> > log_on_success += DURATION USERID
> > log_on_failure += USERID
> > nice = 10
> > }
> >
> > ** Change disable to = no
> >
> > Then
> >
> > # /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
> >
> > ftp away.
> >
> > THEN DISABLE wu-ftpd and restart xinetd. You don't want to leave wu-ftpd
up.
> >
> > --
> > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
> > RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC
> > 510 Ochiltree Street
> > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
> > (936) 715-9333
> > (936) 715-9339 fax
> > --
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:12 AM
> > Subject: [expert] All I want to do is FTP
> >
> >
> > > I finally got my 9.1 Mandrake working wonderfully as a server. All my
> > > virtual web pages work wonderfully.. and now I am ready to open an FTP
> > > connection so I can finish uploading a ton of files from a different
> > > computer.
> > >
> > > Only problem is, I don't know how to get FTP to work in this version.
> > >
> > > I've downloaded PROFTPD and tried to get that to work, but after a few
> > > questions to the PROFTPD mail list, and a few days of searching Google
for
> > > help, and reading the PROFTPD faq, I still can't FTP to my new server.
> > > The people on the PROFTPD mail list won't even reply to my questions.
> > >
> > > Should I even be using PROFTP? What can I do, if even for a basic FTP
> > > setup, to get FTP to work on my server? I'll be glad to remove
PROFTPD
> > > and use whatever works.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions will be happily appreciated.
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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>
>
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