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On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> > > To start ftp daemon use
> > >
> > > fptd  /etc/ftpd.conf   21
> > >
> > > and try to log in with some names and passwords inside ftpd.conf
> > >
> > > To start httpd (btw it is in basiclinux already)
> > >
> > > httpd  /homedirectory
> >
> > ps does not show the process running if I use my programs (compiled
> > against uclibc) but it does with your ftpd and the busybox httpd.  I will
> > delete my versions.
>
>
> I had the same problem, and I changed the source code, the line
>
>    sys_mmap 0,dword [sts.st_size],PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,MAP_PRIVATE,ebx,0
>
>
> to
>
> sys_read ebx,cfg,dword [sts.size]
>
> and add almost at the end of program
>
> cfg resb 8192
>
> System call mmap is different on Kernel below 2.4 and above, and
> therefore, without my patch, ftp daemon compiled for kernel 2.4 can not
> work on kernel 2.2.

Thanks for making this work.  ftpd that I compiled with uclibc-nasm also 
did not work on kernel 2.4.31.

> > Can I test these programs on a single machine with no ethernet card? I
> > tried both lynx 127.0.0.1 (or localhost) and the IP number assigned when I
> > connect to the ISP, both of which I can ping.
> >
> > Your ftpd is 5% the size of pure-ftpd.  It will allow file transfers
> > via ethernet cable from a Windows computer which has no httpd or ftpd or
> > scpd.
> >
> > Please explain the lines:
> >
> > flag OR 1 => right to (APPE, STOR, STOU)
> > flag OR 2 => right to (APPE, CHMOD, DELE, MKD, RMD, RNFR, RNTO)
> > use EOF to ensure the end of file...

You are referring to the flag column in ftpd.conf which you included in 
ftpd.tgz.  You gave samples of three types of users:
anonymous (no password needed) who can only download (0)
user with password passwd who can do everything
and konst who can do all but upload.

So I could use ftpd.cfg as is to let people download from my computer 
anonymously, but I had better remark out or change user/passwd if I don't 
want random users to do things on my computer.

> For each user you can have parameter flag which can be regarded as
> twobit number, which gives us the combinations:
> 0 - Can only download
> 1 - Can upload and download
> 2 - Can modify existing files, download, create directories but not upload
> 3 - can do everything


I read => right to as referring to a right arrow ;=)

What is 'OR'?
APPE, CHMOD, DELE, MKD, RMD, RNFR, RNTO is 'everything'?

It would be much clearer if you replaced flag 'OR' ... with the longer 
explanation you gave above, maybe shortening the first two lines to
'flag:'

> At the end of configuration file place three letters: E, O, and F

They are already there - it might be clearer to write as the last line:
EOF ; do not remove this line


People have been asking for a small ftp program for years now, rather than 
just ftpput and wget.  (Is there any way to browse files with even 
the full wget?).

Thanks, Samir

Now how do I set up an XP-linux network to use this working ftpd?  I ran 
some network setup wizard in XP (someone gave us a working 333MHz XP 
computer to practice on) and I now have an XP IP number. I ran ifconfig in 
linux and plugged a crossover cable between the two, but cannot ping 
between them.  I have almost no experience with XP but would like to be 
able to transfer files to and from our linux laptop computer directly.

Sindi