Re: How to run FTP service

["Christopher D. Palmer" <palmercd@cox.net>]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 04:42:10PM +0000, david fu wrote:

> Dear experts:
> 
>      I wanna run /usr/libexec/ftpd -DllUSA command.
> But after i run, the machine said command didn't
> found. I checked I am in the directory /usr/libexec
> and i used ls to check whether the ftpd command in the
> directory. The answer is yes. I don't know what
> command i need to use to start a FTP service.
> Any solution Thanks

If you haven't done it already, read this:

"10.13 - Setting up Anonymous FTP Services"
http://openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#AnonFTP

To have ftpd started at boot:

Copy /etc/rc.conf to /etc.conf.local
Edit the "ftp_flags" entry for what you want.

# Set to NO if ftpd is running out of inetd
ftpd_flags=NO           # for non-inetd use: "-D"

or from the command line:

# /usr/libexec/ftpd -DllUSA

or if your already in the /usr/libexec directory:

# ./ftpd -DllUSA

Finally, read this:

"2.3 - Manual Pages"
http://openbsd.org/faq/faq2.html#ManPages

-- 
Christopher D. Palmer