I use cyber duck sometimes and it seems to work with a bit of playing with 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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
