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    From ^Bart@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 6 11:07:55 2022
    Hi Guys,

    usually I use this code on my Debian Bullseye:

    # python3 -m pyftpdlib -i 192.168.0.71 -p 21 -d /home/my_user/ftp

    It works, it's simply easy and perfect but... a device in my lan needs a
    ftp folder without username and password!

    I tried to search on internet how to set the code above to be available
    without username and password but... I didn't understand how to fix it :\

    Obviously I could use a workaround like Samba or another machine where I
    have a Vsftp server but... I'd like to fix Python! ;)

    Regards.
    ^Bart

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  • From Jon Ribbens@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Dec 6 15:48:07 2022
    On 2022-12-06, ^Bart <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hi Guys,

    usually I use this code on my Debian Bullseye:

    # python3 -m pyftpdlib -i 192.168.0.71 -p 21 -d /home/my_user/ftp

    It works, it's simply easy and perfect but... a device in my lan needs a
    ftp folder without username and password!

    I tried to search on internet how to set the code above to be available without username and password but... I didn't understand how to fix it :\

    The code above already does make the directory available without a
    username and password. Do you mean you need the directory to be
    *writable* without a username and password? If so try the '-w' option.

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  • From Chris Angelico@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Dec 7 02:55:53 2022
    On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 02:51, ^Bart <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hi Guys,

    usually I use this code on my Debian Bullseye:

    # python3 -m pyftpdlib -i 192.168.0.71 -p 21 -d /home/my_user/ftp

    It works, it's simply easy and perfect but... a device in my lan needs a
    ftp folder without username and password!

    I tried to search on internet how to set the code above to be available without username and password but... I didn't understand how to fix it :\

    Obviously I could use a workaround like Samba or another machine where I
    have a Vsftp server but... I'd like to fix Python! ;)


    I assume it HAS to be FTP, otherwise you'd set up something much more
    secure like ssh (or scp or sshfs, which are built on it), done with an authorized key rather than a password.

    In general, "anonymous FTP" is done technically with a username and
    password. Can you look at how the device tries to connect, and then
    make that username (probably "anonymous") and that password (could be
    anything, traditionally was an email address) valid for fetching?

    ChrisA

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  • From ^Bart@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 6 20:42:42 2022
    In general, "anonymous FTP" is done technically with a username and
    password. Can you look at how the device tries to connect, and then
    make that username (probably "anonymous") and that password (could be anything, traditionally was an email address) valid for fetching?

    Thanks for your reply, I needed a TFTP to upload a no brand firmware in
    a Wildix antenna, I solved with a free software of SolarWinds, there's something also for Linux!

    I tried the written Python code but it needs to insert a username and
    password so it's a different service than TFTP but maybe there's also a
    code to do it in Python! ;)

    ChrisA

    Regards.
    ^Bart

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  • From Grant Edwards@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Dec 6 12:11:34 2022
    On 2022-12-06, ^Bart <[email protected]> wrote:
    In general, "anonymous FTP" is done technically with a username and
    password. Can you look at how the device tries to connect, and then
    make that username (probably "anonymous") and that password (could be
    anything, traditionally was an email address) valid for fetching?

    Thanks for your reply, I needed a TFTP to upload a no brand firmware in
    a Wildix antenna, I solved with a free software of SolarWinds, there's something also for Linux!

    I tried the written Python code but it needs to insert a username and password so it's a different service than TFTP but maybe there's also a
    code to do it in Python! ;)

    The Python code you showed was implementing an FTP server. That's a
    completely different protocol from TFTP. There are TFTP
    implementations for Pythong. This one works well: https://github.com/msoulier/tftpy

    --
    Grant

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  • From ^Bart@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 6 20:44:44 2022
    The code above already does make the directory available without a
    username and password. Do you mean you need the directory to be
    *writable* without a username and password? If so try the '-w' option.

    Thanks for your reply, I solved by TFTP SolarWind free tool, like what I
    wrote in another post I needed it to upload a no brand firmware in a
    Wildix antenna.

    Regards.
    ^Bart

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  • From Dennis Lee Bieber@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 6 21:32:20 2022
    On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 20:42:42 +0100, ^Bart <[email protected]> declaimed the following:


    I tried the written Python code but it needs to insert a username and >password so it's a different service than TFTP but maybe there's also a
    code to do it in Python! ;)


    It's a whole different protocol. TFTP is simplified to the point it will fit on embedded devices which don't need security (the assumption
    being that one has the embedded device physically present, FTP assumes distributed networks).

    https://wiki.python.org/moin/tftp


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  • From ^Bart@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 7 13:28:20 2022
    The Python code you showed was implementing an FTP server. That's a completely different protocol from TFTP. There are TFTP
    implementations for Pythong. This one works well: https://github.com/msoulier/tftpy

    I didn't know the difference of FTP and TFTP so... I thought TFTP was
    just a FTP without username and password! LOL! ;)

    I'm sorry for my "bad post" and thanks to show me the Python
    implementation! :)

    --
    Grant

    Regards.
    ^Bart

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  • From ^Bart@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 7 13:30:14 2022
    It's a whole different protocol. TFTP is simplified to the point it will fit on embedded devices which don't need security (the assumption
    being that one has the embedded device physically present, FTP assumes distributed networks).

    https://wiki.python.org/moin/tftp

    I never used TFTP so, like what I wrote in another post, I thought it
    was just a FTP without username and password...

    Thanks to show me the "Python way" to use TFTP! :)

    Have a nice day!
    ^Bart

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  • From Grant Edwards@21:1/5 to Dennis Lee Bieber on Wed Dec 7 11:10:32 2022
    On 2022-12-07, Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected]> wrote:

    It's a whole different protocol. TFTP is simplified to the point it
    will fit on embedded devices which don't need security (the
    assumption being that one has the embedded device physically
    present, FTP assumes distributed networks).

    One of the big differences is that FTP uses a pair of TCP connections
    (a control connection and a data connection) while TFTP uses UDP. UDP
    is far, far simpler to implement than TCP. Things like bootloaders for
    embedded systems often support UDP but don't implement TCP at all.

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    Grant

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Carlos_Berm=c3=badez?=@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 7 17:04:56 2022
    El 6/12/2022 a las 9:32 p. m., Dennis Lee Bieber escribió:
    On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 20:42:42 +0100, ^Bart <[email protected]> declaimed the following:


    I tried the written Python code but it needs to insert a username and
    password so it's a different service than TFTP but maybe there's also a
    code to do it in Python! ;)


    It's a whole different protocol. TFTP is simplified to the point it will fit on embedded devices which don't need security (the assumption
    being that one has the embedded device physically present, FTP assumes distributed networks).

    https://wiki.python.org/moin/tftp



    TFTP is used usually to manage updates and boot workstations without
    bootable disks using a NIC with a preloaded ROM.

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  • From Barry@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 7 21:45:11 2022
    

    On 7 Dec 2022, at 16:49, ^Bart <[email protected]> wrote:

    
    It's a whole different protocol. TFTP is simplified to the point it
    will fit on embedded devices which don't need security (the assumption
    being that one has the embedded device physically present, FTP assumes
    distributed networks).
    https://wiki.python.org/moin/tftp

    I never used TFTP so, like what I wrote in another post, I thought it was just a FTP without username and password...

    Thanks to show me the "Python way" to use TFTP! :)

    Have a nice day!
    ^Bart

    TFTP server and client tools are standard on linux systems.

    Barry

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