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| charles 2005-09-18, 2:46 am |
| from ubuntu's webforum, I read a command to setup ftp server
sudo apt-get install proftpd
but my system response
E: Couldn't find package proftpd
please help
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| Hans Poppe 2005-09-18, 2:46 am |
| charles wisely stated:
> from ubuntu's webforum, I read a command to setup ftp server
> sudo apt-get install proftpd
> but my system response
>
> E: Couldn't find package proftpd
>
> please help
Cold you please post your /etc/apt/sources.list file?
Regards,
Hans Poppe
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who don't.
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| Bill Marcum 2005-09-18, 2:46 am |
| On 17 Sep 2005 22:56:47 -0700, charles
<fsshl@yahoo.com> wrote:
> from ubuntu's webforum, I read a command to setup ftp server
> sudo apt-get install proftpd
> but my system response
>
> E: Couldn't find package proftpd
>
> please help
>
If you are using Ubuntu, you need to uncomment the "universe" lines in
/etc/apt/sources.list, and give the command:
sudo apt-get update
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| charles 2005-09-19, 2:46 am |
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thanks, it work, but I had subsequent question on ftp
after I make a user, ie user2ftp , by
sudo useradd user2ftp -p river0 -d /home/FTP-shared -s /bin/false
and modify
/etc/proftpd.conf
#VALID LOGINS
<Limit LOGIN>
AllowUser user2ftp
DenyALL
</Limit>
then use my other computer ftp://ip:1980
window xp promp out a login window
then I type in username: user2ftp
password: river0
but it response could not login ftp server as username password
specified
please help
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