On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 oinkfreebiker@att.net wrote:

# This happened from an NT on the same LAN...
# 
# >ftp
# ftp> open starling
# --> ftp connect:Connection refused
# 
# ...I can ping "starling", so it's not that. So next
# I look up ftpd via man and am confounded by a
# zillion options and such. I made all the dirs and 
# files. But there is still much which confuses.
# Might there be perhaps a nice simple NetBSD-ish 
# example/tutorial someplace? The examples in my other
# expensive books are Solaris, HP-UX, etc.

Enable ftpd in /etc/inetd.conf.

# It's way more fun to get something to just work in
# a bare bones, minimalist way first...and then experiment 
# one-by-one with various options.
# 
# (Yes, I know about SAMBA. Wanted to play with FTP first)
# 


				--*greywolf;
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