Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:36:29 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Paul Shi <shihang@hkusua.hku.hk> Subject: Re: Setup FTP service on FreeBSD 2.0.5? Message-ID: <4B4491DD.6070909@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19268.36322.616410.897087@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <ea6713a21001060220o77a6c065o5e188b9e8d408e43@mail.gmail.com> <4B446819.8050701@infracaninophile.co.uk> <ea6713a21001060503g1ad9028dvaa55bec0332dd65@mail.gmail.com> <19268.36322.616410.897087@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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