Author: Wayde Beasley
Date: 08:07:38 01/06/01
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On January 05, 2001 at 09:37:16, Ed Panek wrote: >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 Something that works for me: I got a linux box in the closet that serves files and runs squid and some other junk. I can use Winboard on my windows box and have it connect to the crafty engine on the linux box, so that all the "thinking" is done on another machine. That's one nice thing about the linux and its networking prowess. Linux kernel 2.4 is out; wonder if there are any goodies in there for chess engines.
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