Panther and BSD

Robert Peirce <bob RemoveThis @peirce-family.com.invalid> wrote:

 > I discovered I can ftp to a site off my computer but I can't ftp
 > localhost. There is definitely something set up wrong on my BSD system.
 > Does anybody know what?

Do you have FTP Access turned on via the Sharing Preference Pane?

Are there any firewalls that could be intervening?

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In article <1g8g1kp.1nocqyas6crwgN%usenet@mile23.com.r3m0v3>,
usenet RemoveThis @mile23.com.r3m0v3 (Paul Mitchum) wrote:

 > Robert Peirce <bob RemoveThis @peirce-family.com.invalid> wrote:
 >
  > > I discovered I can ftp to a site off my computer but I can't ftp
  > > localhost. There is definitely something set up wrong on my BSD system.
  > > Does anybody know what?
 >
 > Works for me under Panther. Enable FTP in the sharing preferences, open
 > a Terminal window, type 'ftp localhost'.
 >
  > > BTW, a couple of months ago, in preparation for this upgrade, I asked if
  > > anybody was having any problems with Panther. Everybody said it was fine.
  > > Apparently, I am the only old Unix guy trying to get BSD to work right.
 >
 > What else are you trying to do that isn't working?

Okay. That turned on <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://ftp." target="_blank">ftp.</a> However, I can't telnet localhost and

Mail rbp

doesn't work. Mail rbp did work under Jaguar. I can't remember if
telnet did because I haven't had need of it in a long while, but Mail
did work. Mail.app shows a little triangle for localhost. When I click
it says:

There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Check the
settings for account ³Local Mail² or try again.

The server error encountered was: The attempt to read data from the
server ³localhost² failed.

When I try Mail rbp from a terminal window I get an error that
/var/spool/postfix/public/pickup doesn't exist. Through trial-and-error
I found this needs to be a fifo, so I created it. Now I don't get the
error message, but I don't get the mail either. Something has changed
between Jaguar and Panther.

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Robert Peirce <bob RemoveThis @peirce-family.com.invalid> wrote:

[..]
 > Okay. That turned on <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://ftp." target="_blank">ftp.</a> However, I can't telnet localhost and

If you turn on remote login in System Preferences, you have to ssh to
localhost.

 > Mail rbp
 >
 > doesn't work. Mail rbp did work under Jaguar. I can't remember if telnet
 > did because I haven't had need of it in a long while, but Mail did work.
 > Mail.app shows a little triangle for localhost. When I click it says:
 >
 > There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Check the settings
 > for account "Local Mail" or try again.
 >
 > The server error encountered was: The attempt to read data from the server
 > "localhost" failed.
 >
 > When I try Mail rbp from a terminal window I get an error that
 > /var/spool/postfix/public/pickup doesn't exist. Through trial-and-error
 > I found this needs to be a fifo, so I created it. Now I don't get the
 > error message, but I don't get the mail either. Something has changed
 > between Jaguar and Panther.

postfix isn't running by default under Panther. You have to set it up
and run it in order for mail (the command line command) to send
anything. So you *could* read this HOWTO about editing main.cf and a
bunch of other /etc/ files:

<http://www.reitter-it-media.de/software/osxpostfix.html>

*Or,* you could just use this click-and-go handy-dandy GUI app that does
everything for you (and has the added benefit of allowing you to use
your laptop to send mail at any ISP):

<http://www.roadstead.com/weblog/Tutorials/PostfixEnabler.html>

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In article <1g8ga4q.es6kss1fcxpakN%usenet@mile23.com.r3m0v3>,
usenet.RemoveThis@mile23.com.r3m0v3 (Paul Mitchum) wrote:

 > postfix isn't running by default under Panther. You have to set it up
 > and run it in order for mail (the command line command) to send
 > anything. So you *could* read this HOWTO about editing main.cf and a
 > bunch of other /etc/ files:
 >
 > <http://www.reitter-it-media.de/software/osxpostfix.html>
 >
 > *Or,* you could just use this click-and-go handy-dandy GUI app that does
 > everything for you (and has the added benefit of allowing you to use
 > your laptop to send mail at any ISP):
 >
 > <http://www.roadstead.com/weblog/Tutorials/PostfixEnabler.html>

Cool! Thanks for the lead. I was under the impression postfix WAS
running but I had something set up wrong. I'll follow up on this stuff
to see if it helps.

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