Re: New user - How to configure an ftp server

From: Fish (fish_at_gower151213.com)
Date: 08/20/03 

Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 23:57:10 +0100

"Hans-Stefan Suhle" <Bounce.NOSPAM@Suhle.de> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.08.19.20.07.55.395066@Suhle.de...
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:49:22 -0400, Cornel wrote:
>
> > How may I install/configure an ftp server and a web server?
> >
> > I managed to install Suse 8.2 and I would like to set up an ftp and http
> > server on my machine. Please give me some links from where I can start
> > learning.
> > Thanks,
> > Cornel
>

Try pure-ftpd which is on the disks. Then look in /usr/share/doc/packages
for the readme stuff. Also check out www.pureftpd.org (there is a link on
their to a help forum on sourceforge). It can seem a little complex at first
but once you have the hang of it, then it's a really easy ftp server to set
up and manage. It's easiest run stand-alone, using command-line switches
entered as a string in the console when you are root. If you want passworded
logins only, and not anonymous ftp, then you can set up "virutual users"
with pure-ftpd, as the readme explains. Alternatively, there is also vsftpd
on the disks which has an excellent reputation and a very similar approach.
But for a small set-up, pure-ftpd may be friendlier.

As for http - see the apache.org manual/docs which are very good, the stuff
in the SuSE help center and search the web for apache "how-tos" of which
there are scores. The 1.3.27 version of Apache is the better one to use on
Linux, imho.

One thing to bear in mind. SuSE uses a special system of configuring apache.
Basically you put all the changes you'd like to make to the httpd
configuration file - /etc/httpd/httpd.conf - in a separate file, then tell
/etc/sysconfig/apache where that file is (also check through
/etc/sysconfig/apache for various switches in it like serving up a user's
html folders yes or no). Alternatively, you can change the switches in this
file using the sysconfig editor in Yast - see under sysconfig -> network ->
www. SuSE then combines the stuff on the fly. The idea is that this way you
don't mess up your master httpd.conf file by mistake. But you don't have to
use this system if you don't want to, you can just change httpd.conf if you
prefer.

Don't forget to open ftp and http ports on your firewall.

:)

Fish

Relevant Pages

  • [SLE] Apache access from local machine fails but OK from LAN
    ... smal LAN (SAMBA, Windoze, IMAC, more Suse). ... But I now can't connect to the apache server from the ... Suse Box using "localhost", servername or IP address. ...
    (SuSE)
  • SuSE and Apache2
    ... I have SuSE 9.0 SERVER upgraded to 9.1 Server and I have installed by ... I cannot get the apache server to start. ... I tried with the default conf file and then after updating the conf with ... I really like the way that SuSE communicates with my installed winBLOWS ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)
  • Re: Apache
    ... Charlie wrote: ... > and music with the other computers in my house and make a print server. ... > is with SUSE. ... > I have a book now only one chapter is devoted to Apache. ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)
  • [SLE] SuSE 9.1/Apache 2: encoding problem?
    ... I've a sever installed with SuSE 9.1 and Apache 2.0 and an older server with ... SuSE 8.1 and Apache 1.3. ... The same PDF file on SuSE 8.1 is downloadable and viewable with Internet ...
    (SuSE)
  • Re: [SLE] Machine Building - Nightmare Alley - Compatibility and Upgrade
    ... On the other side I've been using Gigabyte boards with SuSE for years no ... graphic cards as the server terminal stays in text mode anyway. ... > department) that I will have to install their SuSe 9.1 distribution from ... Disks have a limited life time... ...
    (SuSE)