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On Sep 24, 2011, at 3:42 AM, Anouk Radix wrote:

> Hi Chris, Sorry to speak for someone else but the ftp-server-under-lion-thing 
> interests me as well.
> The problem with the built-in server is, that, if you have a very large 
> userbase, which I know Paul does have it will be a hell of a job to add them 
> all one by one. Thats why he (and I too) am looking for a third party ftp 
> server application for the mac.
> I have searched yesterday but coudnt find one in the appstore or through a 
> quick google.
> Greetings, Anouk,
> On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:05 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>> 
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