Hello Everyone,

I have RH9 and I have installed the FTP software from the ISO disk, but now, I don't know how to set it up!!

I've never set an FTP server up and I really could use some help.

This is what I did so far. . . I installed the ftp server package from the ISO disk (as stated) and after it was done, it said the package was installed successfully, but where the heck is it? If I look in the vfolder:/start-here.menu/Start Here/Applications/System Settings/Server/ folder, I don't even seen an entry for FTP.

Any help would be appreciaited. Thanks.

hi ^^
I believe Redhat ships with proftpd as default ?
(beat me if I'm wrong ^^)
In which case you'd probably edit the /etc/proftpd.conf file to fit your needs, or, if you don't wanna read the really _incomplete_ manual you'd use a graphical configuration tool, like gproftpd (http://mange.dynup.net/linux.html)

Hi Poison,

Is proftpd a graphical tool or command line tool? How do I access it and set it up too?

Since you've never set one up before...Just to get it running, you can get it set up fairly easilly with Webmin
http://www.webmin.com

proftpd is a FTP server daemon, however it does not come with a gui tool. You can take poision's advice and install and use webmin but the proftpd configuration file is pretty straight forward. You can read the docs at www.proftpd.org for more information.

The main default config file will be usually in /etc called proftpd.conf

hmm, well, actually that file is not in /etc nor do I find it by searching for it either.

You might have wu-ftpd installed then as that is usually the default for Redhat.

nope nothing there either. . .

Hi Tricky,

I was reading on the Webmin site and I think it's perhaps because FTP hasn't actually been installed yet. I was reading the README file in ftpd and the files are there to be installed but haven't been yet. So, later today, I'll get to work on that. Happy Holidays to you.

For Red Hat 9, the default ftp server is VSFTPD....If you have vsftpd installed, look out for the file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and you can configure your system as u want.

If you installed vsftpd from a .rpm file, you can also check if its there or not using the following command

rpm -qa | grep vsftpd

If you do not get any result for the above command then insert the Disk containing the vsftpd rpm file and give the following command

rpm -Uvh vsftpd-*

Then as root, type

service vsftpd start

Now you will have your ftp server up and running.

Regards,

amit

Hi Amit,

Sorry, I misspoke. I can find it but it's not installed. I'll have to read the README to get it installed. Thanks.

I'm getting this error when I try to run it from the GUI interface. Damn. I'm confused right now.

WU-FTPD Server

The FTP server /usr/sbin/in.ftpd could not be found on your system. Maybe it is not installed, or your FTP Server module configuration is incorrect.

Also can I use this with VSFTPD or does it have to be with FTPD only?

I'm closing this thread as I hadn't noticed til now that you started a whole new thread, basically double posting and starting the same dicussion in more than one forum which is against our rules.
If you wanted this moved to Networking, you should have just asked to have it moved. I felt it was fine here.

The other thread can be found here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=128414

Your other thread I noticed you put "URGENT" in big capital letters. First of all, don't do that. Be considerate to all the members here who answer your questions for free in their own spare time.

There is no reason to rush to fix your problem over anyone elses. No question has any type of priority over any one else's.

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Regards.