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RE: Right ftp server



At Friday, 19 December 2003, "Gruessle" <debian@orces.com> wrote:

>From: David Z Maze [mailto:dmaze@debian.org]
>> "Gruessle" writes:
>>
>> > Usually I chouse to make my own mind up, but man there is
>> so match to
>> > read on all this if I don't get help I will be never done.
>> > Also usually I like to get the best, so I was thinking
>> proftp at first.
>> >
>> > But I need something basic easy to config., something I
>> don't have to
>> > read two books on before I can get going.
>> > Don't need anonymous
>>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> > I like X config stuff if there is something
>> >
>> > Which is the right ftp server for me?
>>
>> None, especially if you don't need anonymous access.  Use scp to copy
>> files to and from your machine (part of the ssh package, which
>> includes a server).  It's more firewall-friendly than FTP and doesn't
>> involve sending your password over the network in the clear.
>>
>
>None seams to be the right answer.
>I just checked Dreamweaver and I can use it on a local network also.
>Then I checked my Network and I can see my Debian box with Samba.
>When I click on it, it asks me for a password, but my user password 
does
>not work, I even tried root and it does not work.
>So I guess all I need is to setup Samba to accept passwords.
>What do you guys say?
>How do I do that? Is there a HOWTO somewhere?
>

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smbpasswd should let you add passwords for samba ... use as su.












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