Re: [gentoo-user] ssh2 and xover LAN

["Richard Fish" <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

Answers are out of order...as they will make more sense that way...

On 4/6/06, maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> And what's this all got to do with ftp?

Nothing at all.  But you were not running an ftp _server_ on the
machine you were trying to connect to.  I think it has already been
answered that the 'ftp' command is a client, and needs a server to
connect to.

So on the other machine, you need a server.  There are several in
portage: net-ftp/ftpd, net-ftp/proftpd are probaby the most popular,
and thus if you have problems or questions the most likely that people
will be able to help you with.

If the default configuration of the ftp server doesn't work for your
needs however, you will need to reconfigure it.  This is no more
difficult than other servers, but will require reading some
documentation, howto's, etc.

However ssh is quite a bit easier, because the default configuration
is quite usable for most tasks.  You still need a server on the other
machine (the commands 'ssh' and 'scp' are clients), but that just
means merging openssh there as well, and running '/etc/init.d/sshd
start'.

> But what's this bit at the end of the console o/p:
>
> <snip>
> >>> /usr/share/openssh/Ssh.bin
>  * Remember to merge your config files in /etc/ssh/
> and then
>  * restart sshd: '/etc/init.d/sshd restart'.

This will be necessary on the server machine to restart the ssh server
in the case where it already exists.

>  * As of version 3.4 the default is to enable the
> UsePrivelegeSeparation

You can ignore the rest of this output if you use the default
configuration files.  Actually, since you don't care about security
here at all, you can ignore it completely.

-Richard

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