Re: Making a FreeBSD web server

From: Sean (smalone_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 12:02:33 GMT

PhoenixGI wrote:
> Ok, I've looked around the web, and news groups to try to figure this out.
> I'm sure it's been asked before and that I'm just not using verious search
> correctly, but here is the question.
>
> I put together a FreeBSD box. Learned how to do such things as, compile a
> custom kernal to remove un-needed drivers, and to and a sound card (it's not
> going to get much use there, but hay, all for the sake of knowledge. I can
> add and remove users, and know the basics of permissions. All well and good
> but I still have a ways to go.
>
> In the mean time, I would like to get this thing to do something semi-useful
> for thoes times when I don't feel like fighting with it, like I'm doing
> right now learning how to get it to be able to print to a network printer (I
> know, easy stuff for you all, but I'm a n00b here in BSD) So I want to set
> up a web server, for my little home network.
>
> BSD is installed, and I just finished "Make"ing Apache2 and have it
> configured. Now I just need to figure out, how to get FTP set up, so I can
> work on files on one box (sorry, but it's windows) and upload them to the
> BSD box, just like I would do normaly to a remote webserver. BTW no, I'm
> not setting up FrontPage Server extensions here, I don't use that program to
> make web pages.
>
> Can anybody help me out in how to configure FTP to work. And to get it to
> work as if I was connecting to a remote server (one login dumps me into the
> "site" another login dumps me into a different "site")?
>
>
Used the FreeBSD handbook or try using the book FREEBSD UNLEASHED. I
have both books that they were very helpful

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