[Tfug] ftpd's for RH7.3

[Paul Scott]

A.Chris Hilton wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 23:35:33 -0700
> steveb7@bblabs.net wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 9/15/2002 at 11:19 PM Harry  McGregor wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 steveb7@bblabs.net wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I want to setup an ftpd on my RH7.3 machine to exchange files with
>>>>some friends and between home and work.
>>>
>>>I would strongly suggest ssh and scp, you can get a windows interface
>>>for scp called winscp2 (search winscp2.exe on google) that will make
>>>it feel like an ftp session)
>>
>>That was my original plan, but a few friends are "SSH/SCP challenged".
>>FTP seemed easier and I thought I would write a rule into PF to permit
>>access on that port from specific IP's.
> 
> The clients Harry's talking about look just like ftp clients.  Matter of
> factually the ftp clients they are using are probably already scp
> capable.  Its the future, drag those luddites into the present at least.
>  It'll be easier for you to help them figure out how to use ssh than it
> will be for you to set up read/write ftp and then ride herd on it.

scp is a one line command.  If they can do cp they can do scp.

Paul Scott