Apache is generally known as a web server and is the built-in web server
you enable when you turn on web sharing. There is also ApacheFTPServer
which is also from the Apache Software Foundation but is not
pre-installed on OSX.
http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/
While you could install this on OSX, the tnftp server is quite capable
and is already installed by default. It is also the default for FreeBSD,
NetNSD and SuSE Linux so setup info shouldn't be hard to find.
CB
On 9/25/11 2:43 AM, Anouk Radix wrote:
Hi Chris, I have heard that it is also possible to do ftp through apache.
Greetings, Anouk,
On Sep 25, 2011, at 5:03 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
Yup. Sounds like you need to use ftp outside the GUI or add on a third part one. Years
ago I used Rumpus but I have no idea if they are still good. If you're not afraid of
mucking about in the unix underbelly then do a "man ftpd" to find out about all
the bells and whistles actually possible in the tnftp server package that comes with OSX.
Only some of this stuff is exposed in the comfy GUI. In other words, you can probably
poke around and use what you already have.
CB
On 9/24/11 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
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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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