FTPing to an SMB share?

bripage · 01-29-2002, 12:23 PM

I have a dump space set up using samba on my nix box and wanted to know if it was possible to FTP to it from a remote location. I want to be able to remotly gain access to the file on that dump space and to be able to download them to that remote station. What do I need to have setup on my comp to allow this to happen?

tarballedtux · 01-29-2002, 07:37 PM

What you need to accomplsh this task is an ftp server. I sure that SLACK 8! came with one and is probably running right now. But if it isn't because you stopped it, then start it up and set up access restrictions on it.

bripage · 01-30-2002, 09:26 AM

What is the FTP server called? I dont believe that I turned it off considering I have done nothing that deals with FTP anything, just samba.

hanzerik · 01-30-2002, 12:18 PM

Proftpd I think is what its called.

crabboy · 01-30-2002, 06:15 PM

In the file /etc/inetd.conf you should see the line:

Code:

# ProFTPD FTP Daemon:
ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  proftpd

If this line is uncommented then ftp sould be working. The inetd (internet daemon) will start a ftp server process to handle the incoming request. If it is commented out, uncomment it and send a sig hup to the inetd. This will tell the inetd process to reread its configuration file (inetd.conf).

Code:

ps -ef | grep inetd
kill -HUP <pid of inetd>

Ftp and Samba are unrealted. File shares setup through Samba are not needed for ftp.

bripage · 01-30-2002, 06:23 PM

yeah I know... but I want to be able to FTP to my samba share... or are you just saying that I can FTP to pretty much every directory?

acid_kewpie · 01-30-2002, 06:29 PM

samba is nothing to do with ftp, they are DIFFERENT things. never the twain and all that. if you want to ftp to somewhere you need an ftp server....

bripage · 01-30-2002, 06:33 PM

So... as long as I got and set up an FTP server correctly on my box... I could FTP directly to my samb DUMP share directory that I have correct?

acid_kewpie · 01-30-2002, 06:36 PM

well if you have ftp access to the same directory that you're sharing on samba then yes you can do that. but they are totally independent from each other.

bripage · 01-30-2002, 06:58 PM

I know that there different OK! but you know what im taling about and trying to do right ?

bripage · 01-30-2002, 10:39 PM

Ok... so now im asuming that I need to set up PFTP or one of the ftp servers. Uhhh... where is Pro FTP located, and how do I install it?