There is a perfectly serviceable FTP server built into osx. Because osx is unix underneath you might be able to set up FTP accounts outside the usual users preference pane, but why? Just add the users via the GUI in the usual way and be done. I should point out that I pretty much stick with Afro as is generally recommended these days. Otherwise FTP is just as risky under osx as any other is. If you want to run FTP on another port you might have to poke under the hood to tweak some configuration files but I haven't googled that. Last I checked FTP requires a whole range of ports to be opened as it shifts connections around, making firewalls into Swiss cheese. Might be time to reconsider sftp.
CB Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Paul Erkens <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear listers, > I have an ftp server running under windows. It has over 50 user accounts now, > but the machine is very old, and some day sooner or later, I will have to > replace it. Do I need ftp server software on a mac, or is it already built in? > If it is built in, can it have separate user accounts, so that I don't have > to create each one in users and groups, but rather inside the server software > itself so that accounts are local there? > Can I use an alternative port instead of 21? > Are there any security risks, more than running an ftp server program under > windows on the lan? > Very interested. > Paul. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
