I need to set up a server for backing up files from our office to a server at our home. I'm looking at an FTP type server mainly because the program I use in Windows...SynchbackSE has an option to backup to FTP. I wish so much that I had the time to research this myself, but I don't. Can someone save me an ulcer and point me in the right direction? I would prefer a GUI program if possible. If not, then can someone help me set up one that came with my OpenSuse 11 or 10.3 that is secure for just one account to add and remove files form one specific area on the server. Thank you for any help you can give me.

What do you mean a GUI? Like drag and drop files to and from the FTP server? There's plenty of those around like gftp and such. Or you can actually use most web browsers nowadays to download and upload files to and from an FTP server.

Great! How? I don't even know how to create an ftp address.

Sorry it took so long for me to reply. I just re-installed OpenSuse 11 and removed my other partitions.

I seem to have everything set up with system-config-vsftpd, but I have no idea what my ftp address is.

Could you post the results of the commands:

• cat /etc/issue
• /sbin/ifconfig
• netstat -ltn | grep 21

Keep in mind that ftp is a clear-text protocol. You do not want to be sending anything sensitive over the wire, for sure.

morbid@linux-ycu4:~> cat/etc/issue
bash: cat/etc/issue: No such file or directory
morbid@linux-ycu4:~> /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:6C:27:E0
inet addr:192.168.15.3 Bcast:192.168.15.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:f3ff:fe6c:27e0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:112704 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:94282 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:142162833 (135.5 Mb) TX bytes:9367974 (8.9 Mb)
Interrupt:249 Base address:0x6000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:6168 (6.0 Kb) TX bytes:6168 (6.0 Kb)

morbid@linux-ycu4:~> netstat-ltn
bash: netstat-ltn: command not found
morbid@linux-ycu4:~> morbid@linux-ycu4:~>netstat -ltn | grep 21
bash: morbid@linux-ycu4:~: command not found

I think I know my IP and tried to login using ftp://username@66.189...etc..ip filling in the proper user name and ip It puts me into what looks like an index....but doesn't show the files. Oh...and it doesn't ask for my password. I removed the anonymous logins as well.

When anomie asked you to run those cmds, there is a space between the cmds and the options, as he wrote them.
Please try again.

You have configured ftp server on your LAN and you say that



well from office to your home I am sure that its not the same LAN network can you tell that what are you using for your WAN netwrok.



thanks
shahz

I don't quite understand how. Can you give an example?


Shahz...Do you want to know what my wireless network is? Sorry, my ignorance is showing. BTW...Thanks for helping me.

following the posts i think you can use this information:

this is what you should try at you home-network

on windows use the command: ipconfig / all
on linux: ifconfig and route

to view your nework configuration. There must be some entry called gateway or defaultgateway . This is the device connecting you to the internet.

once you got the gateway address, try connecting to it via InternetExploere/Mozillal in the form http://192.168.0.254 ( replacing 192.168.0.254 with your gateway-address )

you should know the username / password of the device ... if not , locate the device physicaly ( with your hands ) .. and look which device it is .... then ask google for: "mydevice default password".....

to reach your ftp-server, which ( i assume ) is somewhere in your lan, you have to open at least port 21 on this gateway-device. In it's menu there might be some entry like "Port forwardings" .... there you tell it to forward all traffic on port 21 to the (private) ip-address of your server ( ifconfig)



also a nike site for checking if your ports are open:

www.grc.com , then click shieldsUP , scroll down to hotspots, and klick shieldsup agin.

then you see you official internet IP and can also to a portscan to see if the port 21 is open.


hope it helps

cu

I will try that when I get home tonight.

Hmmm...while I'm at it, I use Logmein for accessing my computers to and from work. Is there something like this for Linux?

My router is a Linksys wireless/wired type. Are you saying I need to open a port 21? I looked and didn't see how. However, my time was cut short by my wife needing my assistance. I tried the shields up and it says nothing is open...everything is stealth. Is 21 the port I need to be able to permit the ftp to send and receive files?

In post #5, he asked you to type in some cmds (see that post). You, however, in post #6 typed them in wrong ie there has to be a space between the cmd name and the params/args given to it.
See his post #5...

gftp is a good gui ftp client.