[Coco] CCASM for Linux - and remote desktop

[Frank Pittel]

Here are a couple of links you can try:
http://www.pantz.org/os/linux/programs/proftpd.shtml
http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/contrib/ProFTPD-mini-HOWTO-ConfigFile.html
http://www.proftpd.org/docs/example-conf.html


On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 08:33:10PM -0500, Roger Taylor wrote:
> Ok, your answer so far looks like the most straight-forward and 
> helpful.  But once I start the proftpd service, either manually or 
> using chkconfig for doing it at startup, where do I configure the 
> server (like pointing it at a root directory, etc.)?  So far I can't 
> connect using WS_FTP95 from Windows.  In other words, the FTP 
> connection fails, and I'm using the standard Linux server compatible 
> settings, and using my root name and password to login.  At this time 
> I don't want to get into Samba if I can help it, but the 
> drag-and-drop file transfer tools I read about sounds tempting, 
> especially since tightvnc for Windows has my File Transfer button 
> grayed out.  How odd is that?  Everything works but that button.  Sheeesh. 
> :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 10:40 AM 7/23/2007, you wrote:
> >Think I will jump in now to offer some advise on Linux file sharing.
> >
> >You probably won't find an FTP server in the Gnome menu.  It's a system
> 
> >"daemon" which is similar to a "service" in Windows Server for example.
> >Frequently services on Windows have a control panel widget that allows
> >you to control them, but this is not the case in Linux: there's a config
> >file and a startup script and that's about it.  This isn't a Linuxism,
> >its the same for ANY Unix and it has been this way since the beginning
> >of time (The Unix "epoch" is January 1, 1970, 00:00).  I hear what you
> >are saying about this, and it is not an easy problem to solve.  The best
> >example of a Unix with an almost complete UI is probably the Macintosh
> >OSX and the Aqua GUI.  Under the covers however its the Darwin operating
> >system, which is guess what? BSD Unix.... so you'll even have to drop
> >down and do some command line stuff occasionally there too.
> >
> >What you are missing is the "Run Level Editor".  This program modifies
> >the startup scripts to set what daemons are started at run time.  I do
> >recall seeing this on on earlier versions of Fedora and RedHat
> >Enterprise Linux so I will have to check.  The command line versions of
> >the run level editor is a command called chkconfig.
> >    chkconfig --list
> >shows all the services that are installed and you do something like
> >    chkconfig <name of ftpd> on
> >and that will make the named service start up at the next reboot.
> >
> >Now, if you want to transfer files back and forth between a Linux
> >machine and a Windows machine, the best way to do this is to set up the
> >Samba server on the Linux box and share your Linux machine's drive to
> >windows.  This will allow you to do things like Go Start->Run
> >\\ip.addr.of.server\share and then a normal file browsing window will
> >show up and you can do your thing.  You can also do a normal attach
> >network drive so that the linux share shows up as N: for example.
> >
> >Setting up Samba is not really that easy but once configured it will
> >probably make your life a lot easier.  There is some application in
> >Ubuntu that configures Samba shares for you but I forget the name (It's
> >quite possibly available in Fedora also, I'll have to get this).
> >
> >Let me know and I'd be happy to walk you or anyone on this list through
> >setting up Samba.  I just dont have time to describe it right here right
> >now.
> >
> >--
> >Michael R. Furman, N6IL
> >n6il at ocs.net
> >+1 408 480 5865
> >
> >On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 10:00 -0400, Roger  wrote:
> >
> >> Manny, I've been sitting here an hour trying to find any built-in ftp
> >> servers in the Fedora Core 6 distro I have.  Why in the world these
> >> tools are not in the start menus is way beyond me.  That's my big pet
> >> peeve right now, how Red Hat 6 had so much in the menus, but FC
> >> appears to have trimmed a lot out.
> >>
> >> Anyway, another problem is that the RPM installer thingy is refusing
> >> to install RPM packages on a big FC6 archivr web site.  Clicking on
> >> the files brings up the installer wizard, followed by "cannot install
> >> package..." bla bla.  NOW I'm thinking I need to update the package
> >> installer, but jeez, if it won't update itself, then this seems like
> >> a trap unless the magic will be from the "yum" command issued manually?
> >>
> >> If I can set up the FTP server I can transfer files back and forth
> >> between the two computers through my network, naturally, but the
> >> beauty is doing it all and seeing it all from the Vista
> >> computer.  This is truly almost like having Linux and Windows on one
> >> computer.  Oh, the File Transfer menu option is grayed out in my
> >> Windows tightvnc client.  Googling that issue hasn't turned up squat,
> >> but plenty of people complaing the same song.  That might be a Vista
> >> problem, but not a worry since I'm working on the FTP solution for
> >> file transfers.
> >
> >
> >
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