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

[Dan Swartzendruber]

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

I would agree also...