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WU-FTPD and sendmail

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by komara69

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I am new to Red Hat. I recently installed RH 8.0 with apache server. The problems i have is when I compile WU-FTPD "./build lnx" it give me this error massege:Executables are in bin directory:
text data bss dec hex filename
129130 11088 76192 216410 34d5a bin/ftpd
6467 532 12 7011 1b63 bin/ftpcount
6185 476 2112 8773 2245 bin/ftpshut
size: bin/ftprestart: No such file or directory
6467 532 12 7011 1b63 bin/ftpwho
size: bin/ckconfig: No such file or directory
7744 592 352 8688 21f0 bin/privatepw
I download it over and over again and try again but it keep the same problems. How do I fix this.

Second when I compile sendmail it give me massege:
[root@veasna sendmail-8.12.7]# ./build
bash: ./build: No such file or directory
How do i fix this. Please help my boss is on my butt about this.

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by tg2

why compile from scratch?

1) don't use sendmail, its too complex for newbie administrators

2) don't use WU-FTP its too insecure to be trusted.

recommend using the following:
Postfix www.postfix.org
PRO-Ftpd www.proftpd.org

In either case, if you need them now, and your boss is on your case, pull out the cd's for redhat (assuming you have all four or five in the distribution) and get the packages (RPM) files instead of manually compiling. Its a lot faster, puts 99.99% of whatyou need, where its supposed to go, and doesn't cause this type of problem.

Manually compiling software, while it gives a great deal of flexibility and control over that application, is not for the faint of heart, and can require great depths of troubleshooting should it not compile correctly or run properly.

if you need further help obtaining or installing the RPM's of postfix or proftp, let me know.

Also you can search for either on: rpmfind.net (just enter postfix or proftpd maybe pro-ftpd)

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