[X4U] Turn on file sharing from the Terminal?

[Matthew Barr]

This probably only lets FTP traffic through the firewall.  This 
probably won't turn on the FTP server itself...  I think someone else 
commented on the command that will turn on the FTP server.

Matthew

Matthew Barr
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On Apr 14, 2005, at 6:26 AM, Stroller wrote:

>
> On Apr 14, 2005, at 2:47 am, Peter Krug wrote:
>> Sooo....  If I type the lines below in the terminal, it will turn on 
>> file sharing?
>
> Erm... no. Did you read the `defaults` manpage? Did you look at  
> /Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist on a working 
> system? Clearly I've left you with a little bit of homework of your 
> own to do.
>
> The command I would use to achieve this would be _something like_:
>   defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist 
> "FTP Access" enable '1'
>
>> Keep in mind that I cannot see what I am typing.  If I screw this up, 
>> will it completely hose the OS?
>
> Well, clearly you'll try this on another machine & get it perfect 
> before performing it on the affected machine. If you can't see what 
> you're typing now, I guess you'll ask your "suportees" to enable ssh 
> access in future.
>
>> What if I copy a com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist from a computer 
>> that does have file sharing turned on into the other computer's 
>> /Library/Preferences (via target mode).
>
> I would have thought that would work. Preferably bring back the 
> affected system's com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist & edit that. Using 
> Property List Editor, which is amongst the development tools.
>
>> It will be difficult to get the file into the proper place on the 
>> damaged computer since I don't even know if it will recognize another 
>> computer in target mode, not to mention the authentication issues 
>> getting /Library access on the damaged computer.
>
> You can't run the damaged machine in target mode?
>
>> It's not fun running blind...
>
> I guess you'll ask your "suportees" to enable ssh access in future.
>
> Stroller.
>
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