changing the ftpd port

[hekal]

Hi all, I want to change the port ftpd uses. :) Currently my Mac is behind a Linksys firewall/router. Ports 21, 22, and 80 are open. I want to put the ftpd on some non-standard port just to add a little to security.

As a test, I went into /etc/services and changed ftp's line to look like this:

ftp 2121/tcp

Then I did a kill -HUP <inetd pid>. From the outside I could still connect through port 21. So then I just killed inetd and manually restarted it. Same problem. I still connected at port 21. Is there something special I need to do? Any special configuration file I need to edit?

Help:)

[hekal]

err stupid message board. I kull -HUP'd the inetd PID :)

[jdog]

In inetd.conf there should be a line that calls ftpd, if you add a -p [portnumber] to the end and restart, it should work.

-jdog

[hekal]

Is that the only way to do it though?

[jdog]

There might be an ftpd config file somewhere that has an option to set the port? You may also be able to change it via netinfo manager? I don't know.

-jdog

[hekal]

I searched for anything with ftpd in it.. No conf file. I doubt netinfo manages port information. This is all handled at a lower level.

Kinda weird that I'd have to specify the port on the command line in inetd but who knows.