I need an idiots guide on how to use gFTP

[bigphil]

I have set the host to the correct IP address of the receiving machine, Port - 21, User - root, pass. - woofwoof.
However it keep telling me Connection Refused.

Any ideas?

Phil.

[bigphil]

I'm using Fossapup64 9.5 on both machines.
gFTP build is 2.0.19.

What's wrong with my grammar?

Phil.

[Trapster]

Are the firewalls on?
Try turning off the firewall to connect.

[rockedge]

@bigphil

You need to run a FTP server on one of the machines. As mentioned above pure-ftpd is an excellent choice for Fossapup64.

I have made a PET package that might work for you and here is the link for it ->

Download pure-ftpd-1.0.50.pet

Install it on a machine then start it from the menu and if you want to change the root password, in a terminal

Code: Select all

passwd

Otherwise the password for root is woofwoof

[bigphil]

@rockedge
which machine does it need to run on , the transmitting machine or the receiving machine?

[rockedge]

@rockedge
which machine does it need to run on , the transmitting machine or the receiving machine?

Transmitting machine, but in reality it could be either. Too keep it simple install it on the transmitting computer

Once the server is running on the transmitting machine, on the receiving machine use gFTP

[Geek3579]

Point of clarification...

Host machine runs PureFTP, which must be started from the Network Menu. Turn OFF host firewall. Use ifconfig in the terminal to get its IP, eg 192.168.1.xxxx

Guest/recipient machine runs gFTP. Turn OFF host firewall. Add the IP of the host, 21, root, & woofwoof.
The guest IP is not needed.

gFTP running in the guest allows the guest to navigate the host files for download targets ( right hand side of the GUI).
The Left hand side of the GUI is the guest filesystem which is used to select the target directory for downloaded files.

Select the files in the host (RHS) and click the arrow which points LEFT (having selected the target directory in the guest

I use this all the time. It works well in Puppy OSs as both PureFTP and gFTP are usually OOTB.

[gychang]

Point of clarification...

Host machine runs PureFTP, which must be started from the Network Menu. Turn OFF host firewall. Use ifconfig in the terminal to get its IP, eg 192.168.1.xxxx

Guest/recipient machine runs gFTP. Turn OFF host firewall. Add the IP of the host, 21, root, & woofwoof.
The guest IP is not needed.

gFTP running in the guest allows the guest to navigate the host files for download targets ( right hand side of the GUI).
The Left hand side of the GUI is the guest filesystem which is used to select the target directory for downloaded files.

Select the files in the host (RHS) and click the arrow which points LEFT (having selected the target directory in the guest

I use this all the time. It works well in Puppy OSs as both PureFTP and gFTP are usually OOTB.

@Geek3579 good summary. u tube here: https://youtu.be/keu18CGL99w

[bigphil]

Thanks for all your help.
All sorted now.

Phil