Pure-ftpd help
 

I recenly installed pure-ftpd and tested it using ftp localhost command..and its working. I dont see the graphical user interface like the one I saw in the screenshots...is commandline the only way to work with it???? I have Pureftpd version 1.0.12-1...this is getting really frustrating as i have been trying to configure it for quite sometimenow. Any help in this regard will be appreciated.
thanks in advance

graphical ftp
 

If you want a graphical ftp program then I recommend either gftp or kbear. Both are excellent programs. gftp handles queues better and kbear has better documentation.

Actually, I want to run a server while gftp and kbear are the clients. On pureftpd's website http://www.pureftpd.org/ they show GUI screenshots, which i dont see when i run pure-ftpd(server)..
thanks

There may be a development GUI version.
 

The first thing on the http://www.pureftpd.org/ screen is obviously a GUI.

I read through the pure-ftpd README file http://www.pureftpd.org/README I
found several pages of command line options. Nowhere in the documentation does it mention GUI buttons, menus, mouse clicks, etc.

From the evidence I would conclude that pure-ftpd is at present a command line program only although they may intend to add a GUI in the future.

This GUI version may be in the source code but they have not documented it
because it is still buggy. Try compiling pureftpd with this command:
make -f Makefile.gui


http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-...3/07/0037.html

This is what i get whn i type in make -f makefile.gui
make: Makefile.gui: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.gui'. Stop.

what does this mean? Sorry I am new to linux so please bear with me.
thanks

pure-ftpd is very easy to use also without a graphical interface, you just have to run it with root privileges by the console. The command sintax is not difficoult to be understanded, for example i run my server with this sintax:

/usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd -c 9 -C 2 -E -K -R -T18 -w -X -Z

-c --maxclientsnumber <number>
-C --maxclientsperip <number>
-E --noanonymous
-K --keepallfiles
-R --nochmod
-T --userbandwidth <bandwidth (KB/s)>
-w --allowuserfxp
-X --prohibitdotfilesread
-Z --customerproof

See at this link:
http://www.pureftpd.org/README
for the complete official documentation, don't be afraid if it looks long, you don't need to read all and learn it, you just must find what you need. The result is a very light and stable FTP server :)
Also if you execute the ./configure command with the --with-ftpwho flag you will be able to use the pure-ftpwho command for see who is connected to your FTP.

GL Ciao :)

So does that mean that there is no gui interface with pure-ftpd?

.. no wait :) i did not want to say that there is not a GUI (i don't know if there is :D ), but just to tell you that is so easy to configure it without a GUI that a GUI is not necessary ...

Hmm..I am currently reading the documentation..since you are running pureftpd, could u tell me how do i share directories ..its running on my machine right now and i dont know which directories are shared..
thanx

GUI is not in version 1.0.12-1
 

I found the following email message where one person told another how to compile the GUI version of pure-ftpd:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc...03/07/0037.html

Using the information in that message I suggested that you try using the
command make -f Makefile.gui to see if you could compile the GUI version of
pure-ftpd. You reported the following error messages:

make: Makefile.gui: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.gui'. Stop.

These error messages mean that the people who are writing pure-ftpd did not
include the GUI version in version 1.0.12-1.

So I think that pure-ftpd version 1.0.12-1 only works from the command line.
Probably a GUI version of pure-ftpd is being developed but it is not ready yet
to be released.

the link is not visible

Sorry
 

I'll try again
 

Somehow the forum is shortening the URL. I will try to send it as two lines.

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/

pkgsrc-changes/2003/03/07/0037.html


If that does not work then the ... in post # 10 should be:

-changes/20








http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-...3/07/0037.html

I have got it running now and i am currently making new user so that i can put files I want to share in that. I also have the dynamic ip address update client working...so hopefully i wont need gui interface afterall...you have been of great help jailbait and Eteria..thanks guys

This is a pain in the ass..so i am just gonna use my windows ftp server SERVE-U...it takes about 2 minutes to configure while setting pure-ftpd has taken me over a day.