Using an old mac as an...

[Lopez.T.H.]

FTP File Server. Or some sort of file hosting thing. I was thinking of one of those G3 iBook Clamshells. (I really like those things)

[varmit]

FTP File Server. Or some sort of file hosting thing. I was thinking of one of those G3 iBook Clamshells. (I really like those things)
Well, if you can hook up a drive to it, and setup ftp, well, you got an ftp file server. It might not be fast, but yeah, it will do ftp. I would personlly try for ssh, more secure, and doing a scp command in terminal will give speeder transfers than sftp.

[Lopez.T.H.]

woa woa woa woa..... explain? I have no clue what youre talking about.

[spaceballl]

My old iMac is a desktop linux machine :)

[apple_g5]

I am still using my powerbook 1400! Wonderful machine... just ok for some typing stuff or power point!

-> but ill order a new ibook on monday ;D

[tuartboy]

woa woa woa woa..... explain? I have no clue what youre talking about.

Fast version:

SSH stands for Secure Shell which is a protocol that allows encrypted communications over networks such as the internet. You set up a SSH server, open up the default port 25 on your router, and use OS X terminal to login to your server's IP address. Once logged in it will allow you to operate as though you were sitting at that computer's terminal input. You can execute operations and access files. It is all command prompt, though.

SCP (secure copy protocol) allows you to transfer files from an SSH server to your local machine much like an ftp program. The files transferred will be encrypted by the protocol as well, so you will be much more secure than standard ftp as well. This can be done in the terminal as well.

that's about it.

Oh, if you need windows access as well, putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) is by far the best SSH client IMHO and WinSCP (http://winscp.net/eng/index.php) is great as well.

[tuartboy]

i said "as well" like 40 times... :confused:

[killmoms]

Doesn't turning on SSH also activate SFTP by default? That's an easier option than SCP, isn't it?