You wrote: I am trying to network two solaris workstations(ultra sparc 5) at home. what shoud I use to build the one of workstations as a http and ftp server and to network with the other workstation?
(please explain to me in detail.. what kind of software or equipment do I need..)
First - for http try Apache Web Server - it's free and works great.
http://www.apache.org/ has all the information you need to get
started and the software for download.
Next, an ftp binary comes with Solaris. If you want to use a different one, try wu-ftpd. Get it at
http://www.wu-ftpd.org/ - again, it' free and easily configured. If you want to use the ftp daemon that comes with Solaris but want to set up anonymous ftp, go to
www.sun.com/bigadmin/faq . Click on the Networking tab and then the FAQ on anonymous ftp. It will tell you what to do to make a secure ftp server.
As far as connecting the two systems - what else do you have? A router, hub, firewall? If you just want these two to talk to each other, you could connect them with a null modem line and configure the ports with normal non-Internet IP addresses (172.16 to 172.32 or others ). Hope this helps.
01-07-2002
