Setting up an FTP server

[w00tguy123]

The reason I installed Arch Linux ARM install was because the pogoplug service was problematic and slow (I was dling at a few kb/s). I'm pretty new to Linux, so what would be the easiest way to set up an ftp server on the pogoplug v2? I have successfully set up a server on windows using Filezilla, but I haven't a clue how to install and configure any ftp program through the Linux terminal. I don't want to have to spend hours learning how to do this, but if it's my only option, then where should I start? I figured I would try to get it set up on a desktop Linux distro first because I would at least have a gui to work with.

[oddballhero]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SFTP

[w00tguy123]

Thank you very much, I can now access my pogoplug and any attached usb drives remotely! I can't wait to test out the speed of this setup.

[oddballhero]

Should you get bored:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Si ... bDav_Setup
http://www.Arch Linux ARM.com/index.php5?titl ... n:Ddclient
http://www.dyndns.com/ or http://www.no-ip.com/
Make sure to beef up your network security.

Recreate what should have been the pogoplug experience,
or
Just stick with ftp since it is tried and true.

[TheDurtch]

i tried to build the package using this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar ... g_packages and i get this:
==> ERROR: pure-ftpd is not available for the 'arm' architecture.
Note that many packages may need a line added to their PKGBUILD
such as arch=('arm').

am I doing something wrong.

what i did was:
$ wget --no-check-certificate https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pu/p ... tpd.tar.gz
$ wget --no-check-certificate http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pu/pure-ftpd/PKGBUILD #Just in case i need it
$ makepkg -s
==> ERROR: pure-ftpd is not available for the 'arm' architecture.
Note that many packages may need a line added to their PKGBUILD
such as arch=('arm').

I am putting it in my home dir

[pepedog]

makepkg -Acs

[TheDurtch]

ok so i have it working now. how do i get it so when i get on via ftp my start dir is /mnt/sdx instead of /home/user/

[WarheadsSE]

http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-f ... ation-File

via

http://www.pureftpd.org/project/pure-ftpd/doc

[Mewit]

Hi there,
I'm trying to do the same thing with a pogoplug v2 - run an ftp server on it by installing pure-ftpd. I ran into the same problem with it saying not supported for ARM, but got around it by putting arch=('arm') in the PKGCONFIG and it seemed to work. Except for two things, running makepkg -s gives me this error:

ERROR: Running makepkg as root is a BAD idea and can cause permanent,
catastrophic damage to your system. If you wish to run as root, please
use the --asroot option.

not sure if that means I haven't got sudo installed or something? Didn't know that was possible, but sudo as a command doesn't work either. Anyway, when I run makepkg --asroot it works, but it says:


==> Making package: pure-ftpd 1.0.35-1 (Thu Jan 1 04:19:15 CST 1970)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Missing Dependencies:
-> libmysqlclient
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.

So I try to install libmysqlclient like this:

[root@alarm pure-ftpd-1.0.35]# pacman -S libmysqlclient
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): libmysqlclient-5.5.25.a-1

Total Download Size: 3.24 MiB
Total Installed Size: 19.85 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
error: failed retrieving file 'libmysqlclient-5.5.25.a-1-arm.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed to commit transaction (download library error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

So in case it isn't obvious, I'm pretty new to linux and I know my problem is almost certainly something stupid I'm doing but.. help?
Thanks a lot,
Alex

ps. also I tried to run pacman -S base-devel like it says in the package installation page but most of the options (1 through 11) don't seem to work. Gives me the same 404 error. Is this related?

[karog]

Your first issue is saying that you are running makepkg while running as root and it is advising against that. Using --asroot says to do it anyway.

The libmysqlclient issue would appear to be that your package list is out of date. Update it first with:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
pacman -Syy
pacman -S libmysqlclient')