ftpd not working.. needs help

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Saturday 03 April 2010 14:11, Ratheendran R wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have successfully cross compiled 'busybox-1.16.0' on my mini2440,the
> busybox allows me to ftp login without password and when I try to
> download a file using the ftp ( put <file name>) I get the below
> message.
> 
> /************************************************************************************************
> guest at dhcppc0:~/mini2440/BusyBox/busybox-1.16.0> ftp 192.168.1.230
> Connected to 192.168.1.230.
> 220 Operation successful
> Name (192.168.1.230:guest): plg
> 230 Operation successful
> Remote system type is UNIX.
> Using binary mode to transfer files.
> ftp> bin
> 200 Operation successful
> ftp> put Makefile

"put" is the *upload* command. In order for it to work,
you need to enable FEATURE_FTP_WRITE and run ftpd
with -w option. Be careful to also use DIR parameter:

ftpd -w DIR

and/or run ftpd under non-root,
otherwise people will be able to overwrite any file using
ftp upload.


> local: Makefile remote: Makefile
> 229 EPSV ok (|||55677|)
> 500 Unknown command
> 
> /*****************************************************************************************
> 
> Kindly let me know the configuration I need to perform in order to
> make this work.

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