Re: FTP

From: Joshua Lokken (joshua.lokken_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:23:36 -0600
    To: Justin Gruenberg <justin.gruenberg@gmail.com>
    
    

    On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:05:10 +0000, Justin Gruenberg
    <justin.gruenberg@gmail.com> wrote:
    > On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 04:52:53 -0800 (PST), j p <jayncali61@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > > how do i FTP freebsd? do i need some other software? i need step by step. is there some other site i can just download it?
    >
    > Unless you need real specific FTP control, just use the included FTP program.
    >
    > You're going to need to enable inetd [1] and then uncomment the line
    > for ftpd in /etc/rc.conf and then restart inetd with this command
    >

    If the OP is attempting to download FreeBSD, does he really need ftpd or inetd?
    If so, why?

    # ftp -a ftp://ftp.freebsd.org

    should do the job just fine, unless I'm missing the point altogether.

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