Minor changes in the network-ftp section:

- Add a reference to the inetd-settings section, as some user may miss the step of enabling inetd
- Additionally, explain how to enable ftpd in stand-alone mode

Suggested by:	Richard Raseley <richard@r3portfolio.com>
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Manolis Kiagias 2008-12-04 15:21:04 +00:00
parent 11aa75bda3
commit d9cbafdf00
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=33352

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@ -4375,7 +4375,22 @@ DocumentRoot /www/someotherdomain.tld
<para>As explained in <xref linkend="network-inetd-reread">,
the <application>inetd</application> configuration must be reloaded
after this configuration file is changed.</para>
after this configuration file is changed. Please refer to
<xref linkend="network-inetd-settings"> for details on enabling
<application>inetd</application> on your system.</para>
<para>Alternatively, <application>ftpd</application> can also be
started as a stand-alone server. In this case, it is sufficient to
set the appropriate variable in
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>ftpd_enable="YES"</programlisting>
<para>After setting the above variable, the stand-alone server will be
started at the next reboot, or it can be started manually by
executing the following command as <username>root</username>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/etc/rc.d/ftpd start</userinput></screen>
<para>You can now log on to your FTP server by typing:</para>