Basic FTP setup

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# Chapter 2. Basic FTP setup

kwuftpd is only valuable on a system with a working FTP server. Setting up a server is beyond the scope of this document, but in a nutshell:

1. wu-ftpd or a similar FTP server must be installed. The anonftp package can also be helpful to enable anonymous FTP.

2. The `/etc/inetd.conf` file should contain a line like:

        # ftp   stream  tcp nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.ftpd -l -a

   Uncomment the line by removing the # from the start of the line. If your system shipped with the line uncommented, treat it as a warning sign and comment out other services that you do not want. Restart `/etc/inetd.conf`. (Entering `/etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart` at the command-line works on Red Hat and similar systems.)

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