OS 10.5 - Setting up an FTP site

rosedani · rosedani #1 (**permalink**)

01-31-2008, 09:02 AM

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knew of an easy way to set up an FTP site using Leopard? All I need is an area on my external HDD that I can access from work across the internet. I would be the only person who needs to access it.

Any suggestions would be great!

Cheers
Dan

mac57 · mac57 #2 (**permalink**)

01-31-2008, 05:32 PM

I would advise using PureFTPd Server. This is an excellent piece of multi platform open source freeware. I have used it for years, under both Linux and Mac OS X.

The Mac OS X port of PureFTP is an FTP server and a control GUI, all in one. It is very nice and works very well. You can get it at:

http://jeanmatthieu.free.fr/pureftpd/

Once you have that up and running, you then need to be sure you set up all intervening firewalls to allow access to port 21 from the outside world. Usually, this means configuring your Mac's firewall, if you have it enabled, and your DSL router's firewall. Normally that is all that is needed.

Good luck!

rosedani · rosedani #3 (**permalink**)

02-01-2008, 10:26 AM

Thanks for the info... I will try that app out tonight!

mac57 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	01-31-2008, 05:32 PM I would advise using PureFTPd Server. This is an excellent piece of multi platform open source freeware. I have used it for years, under both Linux and Mac OS X. The Mac OS X port of PureFTP is an FTP server and a control GUI, all in one. It is very nice and works very well. You can get it at: http://jeanmatthieu.free.fr/pureftpd/ Once you have that up and running, you then need to be sure you set up all intervening firewalls to allow access to port 21 from the outside world. Usually, this means configuring your Mac's firewall, if you have it enabled, and your DSL router's firewall. Normally that is all that is needed. Good luck! My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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Member Since: Jan 29, 2008 Location: London Posts: 7 Mac Specs: iMac Dual Core 24"	01-31-2008, 09:02 AM Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of an easy way to set up an FTP site using Leopard? All I need is an area on my external HDD that I can access from work across the internet. I would be the only person who needs to access it. Any suggestions would be great! Cheers Dan
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