From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FO4bM-0000X9-6n for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:10:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2S39THc020164; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:09:29 GMT Received: from web31712.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web31712.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.201.192]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2S34jRt009727 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:04:45 GMT Received: (qmail 10638 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Mar 2006 03:04:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=5srTOKcRz2ogMZfxjy5JzSUnpGsLahv+EXjAurhvBhZT5BhsPMbLHW60vz4grHIepvGYC8Sw1Xzs0TscVGulSKt/NZ23quVs9RF3lqyNZKCACr4lkgc5DXTx9FmIwURsAPHNEmFHmfNoiAzJbnN0LNXVVPQGipkwk20XAdIDbLk= ; Message-ID: <20060328030444.10636.qmail@web31712.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.228.98.21] by web31712.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:04:44 PST Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:04:44 -0800 (PST) From: maxim wexler Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with domainname To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20060327045043.GC16689@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 519d7466-6944-4f1b-848d-a2e0761d8f85 X-Archives-Hash: 95faae0daeddd0406ad8df2847cd08b5 --- Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:05:13PM -0800, maxim > wexler wrote > > > I thought emerging ftpd would be my salvation but > that > > doesn't work either. How do you start the bleeping > > thing. I even ran /usr/sbin/ftpd; it didn't gag > but > > it didn't start either. > > "man ftpd" (or whatever the package is called) for > instructions on how > to start it in daemon mode. Yeah, it says ftp -D, but it doesn't work. Doesn't give an error or log any sort of message at all. A WAG from me is > "/etc/init.d ftpd start", > and remember to use etc-update to put it in your > default runlevel. no such file! > > That's about all I remember about ftpd, because > I've been using ssh > for a long time. I strongly recommend switching to > ssh. ftp has > security issues for all but anonymous ftp. This is > due to sending > passwords in clear text. ssh has both "scp" and > "sftp", either of which > will push/pull files. *AND* ssh allows encrypted > tunneling *AND* a > secure "telnet" shell equivalant. It's better all > around. Okay, I'll try it. Can you give me some hints on how to edit the config file keeping in mind it's only for a crossover LAN and security is _not_ and issue? It's to spare me the ordeal of downloading to one machine and then having to burn to a CD just so I can put it on another machine 5 feet away. > > -- > Walter Dnes In linux > /sbin/init is Job #1 > My musings on technology and security at > http://tech_sec.blog.ca > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list