WU-FTP install for idiot ... help please

dcorwin822 · 11-05-2003, 10:39 PM

Yeah ive been a windows kid and im learning how to get things to work and all and ive been wondering how to get a WU-FTP server going? ive got the D/L extracted and everything im now stuck at the point of building it and installing it .... help please... btw im useing it on a redhat 7.3 disto...

je_fro · 11-06-2003, 12:19 AM

1. Read all the documentation.
2. cd to the wu-ftp dir and try
./configure
make
make install (this step as root)

adz · 11-06-2003, 02:19 AM

Or see if you can find an rpm. Things like an ftp server don't really need to be compiled from source.

Kahless · 11-06-2003, 05:15 AM

there is probally a rpm for it right on the linux disks you installed from, althought it may be better to find a more up to date version.

wu-ftp came with redhat until i belive.... release 9, so you probally can just add it with the add/remove programs. It might even be installed and sitting right under your nose if you did a server install.

carstenson · 11-06-2003, 08:24 AM

kahless is correct. It should be installable from the distro. Then you can edit /etc/xinetd/wu-ftpd and set "disable = no". Then, "service xinetd restart". You can use "only_from" to limit connections.