Re: FTP Server

[Ed Wilts <ewilts ewilts org>]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 11:53:51AM -0500, Bryan Heusmann wrote:
> I have A RedHat 7.3 server running at home.  I use it for web hosting,
> email, DNS, ect.  I have a windows box that does a lot of file sharing on my
> home network.  Can someone tell me how to set up a ftp server, one that
> would be able to b run on the linux box and mount or have the windows shares
> available?  Is that even possible?  Is there an FTP server that runs on SSH?
> Any tips tricks or software packages that anyone reccomends.  Thanks.

1.  You need samba installed to mount your Windows shares.  Look for the
smbmount commmand.
2.  FTP doesn't run over SSH but there are SSL-enabled FTP server
options.  It's not trivial and you probably don't really want it anyway.
http://www.ford-hutchinson.com/~fh-1-pfh/ftps-ext.html

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