Deprecating base system ftpd?

[Freddie Cash]

On Sun., Apr. 4, 2021, 5:04 p.m. Rick Macklem, <rmacklem at uoguelph.ca> wrote:

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> I wonder what others find convenient when moving files to/from
> Windows?
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SCP works beautifully for transferring files to/from Windows stations.
Haven't needed FTP support for about a decade now at $WORK and at home. SSH
has quickly become the ubiquitous replacement for FTP.

Windows 10 even comes with a native OpenSSH client these days (along with
the version that comes with WSL).

As for ftpd being in base, as a user of FreeBSD (not a developer) I'm ok
with it moving to ports or disappearing completely. So long as fetch(8)
supports FTP for connecting to remote FTP servers.


Cheers,
Freddie

Typos due to smartphone keyboard.

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