[Zope] Getting zctl.py To Start ftpd-- Was: Is Anyone Listening?? Port 8021 Isn't!

[David Shaw]

I'm pretty sure the confusion comes from my AdvancedSiteSetup tutorial 
here:
http://www.zope.org/Members/dshaw/AdvancedSiteSetup

I usually leave the Zope ftp server off for production systems, because 
I never use it, and it could be a possible security hole to leave an 
unmonitored service running.  That's why in my sample configuration 
zope.conf it is set up like this:

ZOPE_OPTS = '-p - -f -'

That command DISABLES the internal ftp server.

You enable it in zope.conf like this:

ZOPE_OPTS = '-p - -f 8021'

Where 8021is the port you want to use.

Then restart zope:

./zctl.py restart

Hope that helps.

   - David


On Thursday, October 3, 2002, at 12:00  PM, zope-request@zope.org wrote:

> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 10:53:54 -0400
> To: Doug Hellmann <doug@hellfly.net>
> From: beno <zope@thewebsons.com>
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Getting zctl.py To Start ftpd-- Was: Is Anyone
>   Listening?? Port 8021 Isn't!
> Cc: zope@zope.org
>
> Geez. I must be thick as a brick, but I still don't see how to get my 
> ftp
> client talking to Zope. In your zope.conf I see no reference to ftp or 
> port
> 8021. Your file is almost identical to mine. How is it you have ftp
> running? Which port? Or, am I missing something else altogether (which 
> is
> what I suspect).
> TIA,
> beno