Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-05 Thread Yasha Karant
At one time we faced a perhaps similar dilemma: hardware with proprietary software/firmware that would not support then current security/encryption methods/protocols. The hardware could not be replaced for two reasons: it was integrated into specific systems that were in use; the vendor did

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-05 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
> > > > > > > Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm > > > > > > Running an unmaintained, out-of-date, password based service like FTP ... > > > > I would presume the OP has a clue ... > > Why would you presume this? ... > bah, hambug! He uses Linux, he has a clue. Most likely

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 11:23 PM Andrew Komornicki wrote: > > > Hi, > > Has anyone considered using secure ftp, sftp. It is much more secure > and readily available. Just like SSH secure shell. > > regards, > Andrew In practical terms. SFTP has little to no advantage over FTPS, SSL enabled

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 11:12 PM Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > > > > > > Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm > > > > Running an unmaintained, out-of-date, password based service like FTP > > on an obsolete and unsupported operating system is begging for a lot > > of trouble if

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Andrew Komornicki
Hi, Has anyone considered using secure ftp, sftp. It is much more secure and readily available. Just like SSH secure shell. regards, Andrew On 11/4/2021 8:12 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: >> >>> Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm >> >> Running an unmaintained,

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
> > > Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm > > Running an unmaintained, out-of-date, password based service like FTP > on an obsolete and unsupported operating system is begging for a lot > of trouble if the machine is ever probed by a rootkit. Are you sure > about doing this?

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Andrew C Aitchison
On Thu, 4 Nov 2021, Larry Linder wrote: Thank You all. I have a copy of the .iso disk on box. Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm Archive manager works pretty nicely. Hmm. I guess that the version on the .iso will be older than the one in the obsolete directory.

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 10:38 AM Larry Linder <0dea520dd180-dmarc-requ...@listserv.fnal.gov> wrote: > > Thank You all. > I have a copy of the .iso disk on box. > Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm > Archive manager works pretty nicely. > > Larry Linder Wait, what? vsftpd

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 10:38:29AM -0400, Larry Linder wrote: > > > > Any one have an idea how to install ftp. > The ftp packages are right there on the SL download site:

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-04 Thread Larry Linder
Thank You all. I have a copy of the .iso disk on box. Once I had a clue I was able to install the vsftpd rpm Archive manager works pretty nicely. Larry Linder On Thu, 2021-11-04 at 12:19 +0100, Francesco Alfano wrote: > You can try download and install vsftpd from > >

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-03 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
You can rewrite the yum configurations to point to the obsolete mirror, or pull down the RPMs directly from the obsolete mirror and use "rpm -U filename.rpm" to insall them locally. On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 5:00 PM Vinícius Ferrão <11d646aef28a-dmarc-requ...@listserv.fnal.gov> wrote: > > You

Re: Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-03 Thread Vinícius Ferrão
You can mount the ISO and point the repos to Packages dir. Sent from my iPhone > On 3 Nov 2021, at 17:52, Larry Linder > <0dea520dd180-dmarc-requ...@listserv.fnal.gov> wrote: > > This is out of date but due to what is running on box we need to add ftp > and yum will not work because it is

Need to add ftp to SL 6 machine

2021-11-03 Thread Larry Linder
This is out of date but due to what is running on box we need to add ftp and yum will not work because it is not supported. It is only available in the obsolete directory. You can get the .iso's but we do not want to reinstall the OS. Any one have an idea how to install ftp. Or how to get the