[OmniOS-discuss] FTP server leaving illumos. Replacement suggestions?

[Dan McDonald]

On Aug 8, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Eric Sproul <esproul at omniti.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Richard Elling
> <richard.elling at richardelling.com> wrote:
>> sftp is there
> 
> +1.  FTP is more and more a legacy/niche service.  The world has moved
> on and there are better ways of distributing files, like sftp or even
> http/https.


Then let me rephrase my question, given my possibly faulty assumptions:

	DO WE NEED TO SCRAMBLE TO REPLACE in.ftpd IF IT'S YANKED OUT?

Given Eric's arguments, the answer is no.  I can be convinced of "yes", but it'll take more convincing now.  ("No" is less work for me, so I'm biased.  :) )

Thanks,
Dan