Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg

From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:41:34 UTC
On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 11:27 PM Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Am 23.01.22 um 18:12 schrieb Jose Quinteiro:
> > On 1/23/22 09:06, tech-lists wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 08:55:09AM -0800, Jose Quinteiro wrote:
> >>
> >>> You can run HTTP on a non-standard port. For example, 8080 is commonly
> >>> used. As an added bonus, this means that the HTTP server need not run
> as
> >>> root.
> >>
> >> Unless I'm mistaken, there is no web server in base. There is though, an
> >> ftp server.
> >
> > Touche. I wouldn't mind having Thttpd in base.
> > https://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/
>
> An interesting idea, we have it as a port in www/thttpd.
>
> While we generally rather move base components that are not
> generally required to ports, this might be a case where it
> makes sense to replace one base system component by another
> one currently only available as a port ...
>
> The thttpd binary is smaller than the ftpd currently in base,
> and it might make sense to replace ftpd by this simple httpd:
>
> $ size /usr/libexec/ftpd
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>  105901    4276    5984  116161   1c5c1 /usr/libexec/ftpd
>
> $ size work/stage/usr/local/sbin/*
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    5469     656     112    6237    185d work/stage/usr/local/sbin/makeweb
>    7453     760     120    8333    208d work/stage/usr/local/sbin/thtpasswd
>   81184    8336    2280   91800   16698 work/stage/usr/local/sbin/thttpd
>
>




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>
>

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Mehmet Erol Sanliturk






> Maybe having a HTTP server in base is more useful than a FTP
> server, today ...
>
> Regards, STefan
>