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  • From: Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [BL] FTP server (was: base64 (MIME) encoder/decoder)
  • Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:51:41 +0000

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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