FTP Server?

[breather]

Hi, I wanna share files with my family, and sometimes it's a lot, to much for something like dropbox.

I'm looking for a simple, cheap (or free) FTP Server that I can install and them have my family connect to my iMac.

I have looked but I have not found.

Any Recommendations?

 

[Slartibart]

Everything you need comes already with your Mac/MacOS.

 

[breather]

Everything you need comes already with your Mac/MacOS.

Well, not a FTP server as I understand it, and not outside LAN.

 

[Slartibart]

Well, not a FTP server as I understand it, and not outside LAN.

ftp or better sftp comes with your Mac. What do you mean with “outside LAN”?

 

[breather]

ftp or better sftp comes with your Mac. What do you mean with “outside LAN”?

Well, didn't they remove the FTP sharing feature a few years ago? Cant find it.

Sharing large and many files on my Local Area Network is simple. Sharing large and many files (via FTP) to my dad in a different city is not THAT simple.

 

[Slartibart]

Sharing large and many files on my Local Area Network is simple. Sharing large and many files (via FTP) to my dad in a different city is not THAT simple.

your mac has a fixed ip? then it is easy. with a dynamic IP you should start here.

 

[breather]

I have dynamic ip and now I need user/pass from my IP?
Seems like a hassle.

Know of any FTP Server software I could use?

 

[BrianBaughn]

Whatever you end up doing you should make sure the security is adequate. FTP is "not so much" secure…even with passwords.

For accessing my files from outside my LAN I've got a OpenVPN server setup on my router. Once connected to the VPN I can access the LAN computers via file sharing. With that I use noip.com for dynamic DNS. Probably not the simple setup you're seeking.

What's your estimate for how much data you'd like to be accessible?

 

[Slartibart]

I have dynamic ip and now I need user/pass from my IP?
Seems like a hassle.

whatever share you establish, you should assign/need a user and password.

Know of any FTP Server software I could use?

What version of MacOS are you running?

 

[breather]

Whatever you end up doing you should make sure the security is adequate. FTP is "not so much" secure…even with passwords.

For accessing my files from outside my LAN I've got a OpenVPN server setup on my router. Once connected to the VPN I can access the LAN computers via file sharing. With that I use noip.com for dynamic DNS. Probably not the simple setup you're seeking.

What's your estimate for how much data you'd like to be accessible?

I just wanna start the app, share the files and the quit the app. Around 10-50GB.
To one person, no fuzz. Not gonna happen that often, once a month maybe.

 

[breather]

whatever share you establish, you should assign/need a user and password.

What version of MacOS are you running?

Monteray on a 2015 iMac

 

[Slartibart]

Monteray on a 2015 iMac

Here is a guide on how to set it up via homebrew. Otherwise here are several apps/programs doing that in the Mac Appstore.

 

[breather]

Here is a guide on how to set it up via homebrew. Otherwise here are several apps/programs doing that in the Mac Appstore.

Thanks. Will check it out.

 

[Marco Klobas]

On App Store there's FTP Server.