Hello

As the title say, a Noob lost...

I have a NAS, (WD MyBook world edition II) And so I want to install some FTP so I can access the hardisk remotely. I have read tons of pages, forum posts, and was "told" I needed to use "ssh". OK followed some guidelines, and by using "PuTTy" I was able to gain access (I think). Following the guide I ended up in [root@MyBookWorld ~] #.

Ok know they guide tells me to add something to the /etc/inittab
PROBLEM!!: How the H... do I do that?!
(guide can be found at nanalegumene.net/using-ssh-and-ftp-on-western-digital-mybook-world/

I really need someone to explain this to me like I am a four-year-old with learning dissorders, 'cause this Linux is Greek to me:-)

Hope someone will try and answer the post and help me out :-)

Regards,
Casper

Hello and welcome to LQ. Hope you like it here.


Type this:
The other commands can be run as posted, just remove the comment character in from of them: so "# su" becomes just "su" and "# cd /etc/init.d" becomes "cd /etc/init.d".

thanks for the quick reply.

I had a couple of problems..(can't even follow two easy steps..doh!)

I first tried:
which returned:
Thought I might had to write both lines in one "big" line:

But that returned:
So what do I do wrong?

I think the command should be as follows:

Don't forget the first part of the cp command.
Regards.
The trooper.

...not quite.
it was:- and that is what it was from the beginning - xwishmasterx just forgot to type half of it

well, I did remember to write the first part, but had a couple of typos..lol.

I tried again and got no return messages. (this is good right?)

Now when following this "guide" it gives this code to install some ftp script-thingie-stuff:


It returns the following error:


what is wrong here..?

AND..while I am here..after installatioon, I am suppose to "Use vi and open /etc/vsftpd.conf."

What is vi, and how can I access the config options?

Hope I don't sound to retarded..lol

Casper

no - but on a few of those question you could have used a search engine instead...

"vi" is an editor - to make changes to the file - to make it fit your needs
You can (and probably should) use any other editor - "nano" will be easier on you

this line are really two commands:
(get the archive from the web)
(unpack the tar.gz archive into the / directory)

What is that guide which recommends to unpack an archive right into / ?
You should really make sure before you do that - unpack it to a directory into your /home first - and later move it.
You can always use "ls" to check what you did:
will list both the new (backup) and the original file - if only one is there - something went wrong.

ok..thanks for the reply:-)

I've found the "nano" website with mulitple download options, but the unzipped files is not really do me any good..Let me guess,: it needs to be installed? (wonder if I'll ever get this done..and working..lol)

Ok, so How do I install this nano thing?


by the way, I thought tha PuTTy program was such and editor...guess not...I tried the "/etc/vsftpd.conf" command and it returned:

any ideas why? what permission?


Casper

PS. you can find the address to the guide that "recommends" installing to "/", in the very first post.

My bad! i typo'd also.Cheers for correcting jomen.

I forgot for a moment that we are talking about some embedded system(?) - so it seems vi is your only option. My bad.
Also forget my complaits on how you are supposed to install it - it is probably o.k.
Find some info on how to use vi though...

vi: http://www.lagmonster.org/docs/vi.html

Thanks for all your help guys (girls?), but I have come to realize that this is way to wierd (and complicated) for me to do. I simple do not have time or the will to learn what I need, to make this work probably.

Thanks anyway:-)

Casper

Sorry to hear that - I read through the guide and it all seems pretty straightforward.
But you made a typo - can't you just use copy&paste instead of typing it in?
One typo was in the command to download and extract it - this is why you got the error.
-O ... this is the capital letter "O" and not the number 0
wget ftp://ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/mhi/mybook/vsftpd.tar.gz -q -O - | tar xzvf - -C /

Or is the problem with "vi" ?

You can start to type after you hit "i" for "insert"
When you are done you save the file by
1.) hitting ESCAPE (to change the mode from insert mode to command mode)
2.) then you type " :wq " for write and then quit

A little more effort is required to know what needs to be written to configure the ftp-server so you can use it.

Well, first yes the problem right now is "vi". I need to knnow how to install it (where to get it) and so on...

SO as you can see we have a long road ahead of us.

Casper

From what I read in that guide I had the impression that "vi" was just put to use - it was used because it is already installed there.
Is it not?
After all, it is a linux system - even though a stripped down one.

vi /etc/vsftpd.conf will open the file /etc/vsftpd.conf in vi
hit i and start to edit - when you are done : ESCAPE followed by :wq and you are done (don't forget the colon)