Re: Newbie- How to enable FTP

[Alan Peery <peery io com>]

Hidong Kim wrote:

> Patrick Law wrote:
>
> > I am not sure how to enable ftp service in my linux box, what 
> > configuration file I should modify, and what are the stuffs need to 
> > be enabled? Thanks
>
>
> Look in /etc/xinetd.d.  

All true, and good advice if *ftp* service is required.  If you instead 
wish to transfer files more generically, investigate "scp".  The login 
credentials and the files themselves are encrypted this way.  

If you're wanting to move files from a Windows box, my favorite tools 
are WinScp (at www.winscp.org) and putty (at 
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)

Alan