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[Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>]

On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 09:04:06AM +1100, Ron Clarke wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:59:11 +0000 (UTC)
> sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>  
> > I mean to find a small ftp server (wu_ftp?) so I can transfer files to 
> > and 
> > from a Windows computer over a network cable.
> 
>    I use an ftp server on both of my Linux machines so that my wife 
> (Windows only) can access files I put into her /home/wife directory.
> 
>     It is pure-ftpd, and the same version runs in BL2, BL3, Slakware 9.1, 
> and Slackware 10.1.
> When we have files to transfer backwards or forwards, I invoke the ftp 
> server: 
>        pure-ftpd &
> 
> and give her my current IP.
> 
>    She then logs into her user account on my Linux machine with a Windows 
> ftp client, downloads (and uploads if she is sending me files), then logs 
> out.
> 
>    I close the server:  killall pure-ftpd
> 
>    Simple, no problem.  The pureftpd.tgz is on my website at: 
> http://www.ausreg.com/bl/bl3

Way to go, Ron!

That's also a good way to make sure some stupid spamfilter doesn't
dump the mail with its attachment along the way.

Lee

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