[CLUE-Tech] enabling ftp

[Grant Johnson]

rfrank wrote:
> 
> On Friday 16 March 2001 17:23, you wrote:
> 
> > Does Mandrake 7.2 use xinetd and the associated /etc/xinetd.conf file?
> > Grep your processes to see if inetd or xinetd is running.
> 
> Well, that sure was simple.  It wasn't running.  Now it is, and now
> I can ftp and telnet in.
> 
> Cyberclops said there were security issues with this and I believe
> that's true.  But now that I'm over this hurdle, I can move on to ssh
> with its more-secure equivalents.
> 
> Thanks, Lynn (and clue-tech) for the quick fix.
> 
> Roger Frank
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I built OpenSSH on my box, and scp came along for the ride.  

Get OpenSSH, zlib, and OpenSSL.

Make zlib, then make OpenSSL, then make OpenSSH.  You have to do a make,
then a make install on each.  The make install by itself says it does
it, but one was broken, and I forgot which.