Yes i am running ftpd -w ~root/ from the terminal.
The output is :
BusyBox v1.19.0 (2011-08-14 23:52:17 CDT) multi-call binary.
ftpd [-wvS] [-t N] [-T N] [DIR]
Anonymous FTP server
ftpd should be used as an inetd service. ftpd's line for inetd.conf: 21
stream tcp nowait root ftpd ftpd /files/to/serve It also can be ran from
tcpsvd:
tcpsvd -vE 0.0.0.0 21 ftpd /files/to/serve
Options:
-w Allow upload
-v Log to stderr
-S Log to syslog
-t,-T Idle and absolute timeouts
DIR Change root to this directory
My inetd.conf file is :
#<service_name> <sock_type> <proto> <flags> <user>
<server_path> <args>
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/ftpd
telnet stream tcp nowait root
/usr/sbin/telnetd
2015-03-13 19:38 GMT+01:00 Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Alexis Guilloteau <guilloteau at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When trying to use the ftpd command as this :
> >
> > ftpd -w ~root/ (or any other directory)
>
> Are you running this from command line?
> What's the output?
>
> > I am always send back to the help for this command. ftpd is enabled in
> > inetd.conf.
>
> Please post your inetd.conf
>
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