Re: New user - How to configure an ftp server

From: Cornel (cornel_at_no_email.com)
Date: 08/22/03

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    Thank you both for your help and for your time spent to answer me.
    I really appreciate, you save me hours of searching and reading.
    All the best for you,
    Cornel

    "Fish" <fish@gower151213.com> wrote in message
    news:3f42ab20$0$46003$65c69314@mercury.nildram.net...
    > "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
    >
    >

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