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      Mercredi
      last edited by

      im sorry, but i really need my pfsense to act like a ftp server, dont want/have enough space to host another server especially for it. is there is a way to obtain PureFTPD package?

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        hoba
        last edited by

        The freenas package will have support for ftp once it is done. Currently it only works with head. Not sure if it will be compatible with the 1.x branch of pfSense. Daniel S. Haischt will have to comment on this as he's developing the package.

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          sullrich
          last edited by

          @masters:

          How can I install Pure-FTPD package? I can't see it in ma package list :-(

          Read one post above.  It was removed.

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            DanielSHaischt
            last edited by

            FreeNAS ships with support for wzdftpd. PureFTPd sucks big time (TM). PureFTPd isn't actively maintained anyway (last release from February 20, 2006). As Hoba already pointed out, the FreeNAS package only works if using pfSense HEAD (i.e. the development version of pfSense). Beside FTP support, you'll also get support for Samba, NFS, and Netatalk.

            Btw, I can't even find PureFTPd in the FreeBSD ports collection -> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=pureftp&stype=all …

            Regards
            Daniel S. Haischt

            Mit freundlichen Gruessen / With kind regards
            DAn.I.El S. Haischt

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              sullrich
              last edited by

              @DanielSHaischt:

              FreeNAS ships with support for wzdftpd. PureFTPd sucks big time (TM). PureFTPd isn't actively maintained anyway (last release from February 20, 2006). As Hoba already pointed out, the FreeNAS package only works if using pfSense HEAD (i.e. the development version of pfSense). Beside FTP support, you'll also get support for Samba, NFS, and Netatalk.

              Btw, I can't even find PureFTPd in the FreeBSD ports collection -> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=pureftp&stype=all …

              Regards
              Daniel S. Haischt

              It's there:

              pwd

              /usr/ports/ftp

              ls | grep pure

              pure-ftpd

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                Superman
                last edited by

                Or check here http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=pure-ftpd&stype=all

                We use it on a few servers and works extremely well. It also supports virtual users and via virtual chroot it supports using soft-linked files or directories, very useful for allow access to specific items on a per-user basis.

                It hasn't been updated because it hasn't had any new vulnerabilities.

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                  DanielSHaischt
                  last edited by

                  wzdftpd supports virtual users (RDBMS backed) users as well. Regarding PureFTPd IIRC there were several security flaws. Anyway - You can install the pure-ftpd package at any time from the command line using```
                  pkg_add -r pure-ftpd

                  
Regards
Daniel S. Haischt

                  Mit freundlichen Gruessen / With kind regards
                  DAn.I.El S. Haischt

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                    Mercredi
                    last edited by

                    there is no way to easily install the pure-ftpd package from the past? i'm not very good in unix… with this output i have nothing to do:

                    pkg_add -r pure-ftpd

                    Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/pure-ftpd.tbz... Done.
                    Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/perl-5.8.8.tbz... Done.
                    perl-5.8.8.tbzRemoving stale symlinks from /usr/bin...
                        Skipping /usr/bin/perl
                        Skipping /usr/bin/perl5
                    Done.
                    Creating various symlinks in /usr/bin...
                        Symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 to /usr/bin/perl
                        Symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 to /usr/bin/perl5
                    Done.
                    install: not found
                    install: not found
                    install: not found
                    cd: can't cd to /usr/include
                    Cleaning up /etc/make.conf... Done.
                    Spamming /etc/make.conf... Done.
                    Cleaning up /etc/manpath.config... Done.
                    Spamming /etc/manpath.config... Done.
                    ^Cpkg_add: move_file: could not perform '/bin/mv ./+COMMENT /var/db/pkg/perl-5.8.8'
                    pkg_add: pkg_add of dependency 'perl-5.8.8' failed!

                    pkg_add -r pure-ftpd

                    Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/pure-ftpd.tbz... Done.
                    Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/perl-5.8.8.tbz... Done.
                    Removing stale symlinks from /usr/bin...
                        Removing /usr/bin/perl
                        Removing /usr/bin/perl5
                    Done.
                    Creating various symlinks in /usr/bin...
                        Symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 to /usr/bin/perl
                        Symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 to /usr/bin/perl5
                    Done.
                    install: not found
                    install: not found
                    install: not found
                    cd: can't cd to /usr/include
                    Cleaning up /etc/make.conf... Done.
                    Spamming /etc/make.conf... Done.
                    Cleaning up /etc/manpath.config... Done.
                    Spamming /etc/manpath.config... Done.

                    If you defined call upload script in pure-ftpd config
                    define corresponding vars in rc.conf
                    Without it pure-ftpd will not listen tcp socket - see
                    FAQ: http://pureftpd.org/FAQ

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                      sullrich
                      last edited by

                      @Mercredi:

                      there is no way to easily install the pure-ftpd package from the past? i'm not very good in unix… with this output i have nothing to do:

                      pkg_add -r pure-ftpd

                      Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/pure-ftpd.tbz... Done.
                      Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/perl-5.8.8.tbz... Done.
                      perl-5.8.8.tbzRemoving stale symlinks from /usr/bin...
                          Skipping /usr/bin/perl
                          Skipping /usr/bin/perl5
                      Done.
                      Creating various symlinks in /usr/bin...
                          Symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 to /usr/bin/perl
                          Symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 to /usr/bin/perl5
                      Done.
                      install: not found
                      install: not found
                      install: not found
                      cd: can't cd to /usr/include
                      Cleaning up /etc/make.conf... Done.
                      Spamming /etc/make.conf... Done.
                      Cleaning up /etc/manpath.config... Done.
                      Spamming /etc/manpath.config... Done.
                      ^Cpkg_add: move_file: could not perform '/bin/mv ./+COMMENT /var/db/pkg/perl-5.8.8'
                      pkg_add: pkg_add of dependency 'perl-5.8.8' failed!

                      pkg_add -r pure-ftpd

                      Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/pure-ftpd.tbz... Done.
                      Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/perl-5.8.8.tbz... Done.
                      Removing stale symlinks from /usr/bin...
                          Removing /usr/bin/perl
                          Removing /usr/bin/perl5
                      Done.
                      Creating various symlinks in /usr/bin...
                          Symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 to /usr/bin/perl
                          Symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 to /usr/bin/perl5
                      Done.
                      install: not found
                      install: not found
                      install: not found
                      cd: can't cd to /usr/include
                      Cleaning up /etc/make.conf... Done.
                      Spamming /etc/make.conf... Done.
                      Cleaning up /etc/manpath.config... Done.
                      Spamming /etc/manpath.config... Done.

                      If you defined call upload script in pure-ftpd config
                      define corresponding vars in rc.conf
                      Without it pure-ftpd will not listen tcp socket - see
                      FAQ: http://pureftpd.org/FAQ

                      No there is not.  We do not advocate running a FTP server on your firewall.

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                        Guest
                        last edited by

                        @sullrich:

                        No there is not.  We do not advocate running a FTP server on your firewall.

                        In fact, such things are generally discouraged as they fly in the face of security best practices.

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                          DanielSHaischt
                          last edited by

                          Okay I think the error message is pretty clear about what went wrong - The install binary is missing. Either copy the install binary from a FreeBSD 6.2 system or try to consider to install the FTP server on a dedicated machine.

                          Regards
                          Daniel S. Haischt

                          Mit freundlichen Gruessen / With kind regards
                          DAn.I.El S. Haischt

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                            Mercredi
                            last edited by

                            I mean can i install package allready created for pfsense without XMLRPC?

                            okay, i decided to setup a test machine for the HEAD behind my working firewall and test it. thank you for not letting me to install pureftpd-pfsense-package :)

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                              Mercredi
                              last edited by

                              couldnt sync my test machine to HEAD. it was doing "dev bootstrap" all night and there is no changes.
                              i have spent large amount of internet trafic for this… can anybody compile latest .iso of HEAD for me?

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                                hoba
                                last edited by

                                Our buildserver does all kind of builds automatically all the time: http://snapshots.pfsense.com/ Just browse to the directory of your choice and love it  ;D

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                                  Mercredi
                                  last edited by

                                  where have you been before? sullrich says there is no head image, that everybody build and compile its own head iso :)

                                  can i update my 1.0.1-snapshot 01-07-2007 with the head update .tgz? or its even better to make a fresh install?

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                                    hoba
                                    last edited by

                                    I would recommend a fresh install but you can try an upgrade too. If it doesn't work you have to do the fresh install anyway  ;D

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                                      Mercredi
                                      last edited by

                                      any download cost for me real money :) 1mb = $0.05
                                      so it's better for me to download what i really need.

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                                        hoba
                                        last edited by

                                        Then download the full iso.

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                                          Mercredi
                                          last edited by

                                          thank you very much!

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