[ale] ftp services

[Chris Ricker]

On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Eric Z. Ayers wrote:

> Run the following command as root:
> 
> rpm -q wu-ftpd
> 
> When I run it, I see: (red hat 5.2)
> 
> $ sudo rpm -q wu-ftpd
> wu-ftpd-2.4.2b18-2
> 
> If you want to install it, mount your RedHat CDROM, and change to the
> RPM directory and type:
> 
> rpm -i wu-ftpd
> 

Eric,

you don't have to be root (or use sudo or whatever) just to query rpms.  
The only things that have to be done as root, rpm-wise, are installs and
deletion (oh, and probably building your own, if you've not massaged the
permissions on /usr/src/redhat and its subdirectories).  For example:

[kaboom at dobzhansky /build]$ rpm -qa | grep ftp
anonftp-2.6-1
ftp-0.10-3
ncftp-2.4.3-4
tftp-0.10-4
wu-ftpd-2.4.2b18-2
[kaboom at dobzhansky /build]$ 

Also, Moe, you don't say what kind of ftp you're wanting, but if you want
anonymous ftp, you'll also need the anonftp package, which sets up /home/ftp
appropriately to work with the chroot().

If you have all the packages you need already, and it's still not working,
try verifying them using rpm -V.

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                            kaboom at gatech.edu
                                               chris.ricker at m.cc.utah.edu