Author: Ed Panek
Date: 06:37:16 01/05/01
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On January 05, 2001 at 00:10:35, Wayde Beasley wrote: >On January 04, 2001 at 18:52:11, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On January 04, 2001 at 18:02:56, Ed Panek wrote: >> >>>hello, >>> I just installed my Unix box at home to do proxy serving, however I noticed >>>something weird... >>> I can't connect to another computer in my network at home using ftp. It just >>>works with telnet. >>> >>> I have this line in /etc/inetd.conf >>> ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a >>> >>> But "unfortunately" there is no in.ftpd in /etc/sbin just in.telnetd, >>>in.rlogind and so on .... >>> >>> How can I "add" in.ftpd there?? >>> If that's the ftp server - how can I start it ?? >>> Sorry for these questions but I'm new to networking ..... >>> >>> Also as a side question... How does unix encrypt users passwords? What's >>>"salt" sequence? How does unix use Des algorithm? >>> thanks a lot!!! >>> >>> Ed >> >> >> >>Sorry ; I think your questions are completely off-topic here and even worse : >>you will get much better answers elsewhere . >> >>Why not try some UNIX administration/user newsgroup instead ? People seem to >>hang around there all day waiting for a chance to provide useful answers . >> >>It seems one of the first questions back could be : which UNIX derivate do you >>use , so you might like to add this to your question . > > > >Hey Ed, nevermind the above; if it weren't for Linux/Unix, I doubt that Crafty >would be where it is today -- at least, that's my guess. I presume that once >you get your networking up and running, then you'll probably be asking CCC how >to run Crafty over the network on a Linux box, right? No problem! Just ask! > >Who knows what distribution you're using, but if it's Mandrake, then look at >http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/72/index.php3?cd=installpwp&s=././wu-ftpd-2.6.1-7mdk.i586 Actually you are right... I plan on using this home network to play computer chess primarily. Ed
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