There are some real problems with not having ftp and telnet present in 10.13 now as per Apple's dictate.
Has anyone found a solid way to bring BSD ftp and telnet back to macOS vs using inetutils?
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There is Netcat available on high-sierra now.– DarpanCommented Jul 5, 2018 at 13:53
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Apple's Telnet and FTP programs are back in High Sierra thanks to this homebrew pull request (by yours truly). Both the client and server of each one are back, and these are Apple's original versions of these programs.
inetutils unfortunately exhibits some bugs on High Sierra so this will be a better solution and should make everyone happy.
To install ALL the formulas in that PR, run this at the command line:
brew install tnftp tnftpd telnet telnetd
Of course you can install each of these separately as well:
# TNFTP client & server (formerly known as LukeMFTP, presumably due to being developed by Luke Mewburn
# and has been the default FTP for default FTP client included with NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD,
# Darwin (macOS), and MidnightBSD):
brew install tnftp
brew install tnftpd
# Telnet client & server:
brew install telnet
brew install telnetd
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5Wow, that is some excellent work and I'm so happy to see these divided up into separate components so that we don't have to just be bound to installing all clients and services! Commented Jan 15, 2018 at 1:00
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1Everyone may also be interested to know that
tnftphas better completion than the GNU version! This is absolutely the best solution. Commented Jan 15, 2018 at 1:14 -
How does one actually turn on the ftp server once installed with this method? Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 17:06
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1@JonThompson Should be as easy as
sudo ftpd -D. Look inman 8 ftpdfor more information, plus there are a lot of tutorials floating around on the net which describe this sort of thing for both BSD and Linux.– GDP2Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 19:38
Using Homebrew:
brew install inetutils
This will restore telnet, ftp, etc...
Can't believe Apple removed such a fundamental utilities from the command line.
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4To be clear,
brew install inetutilswill install GNU inetutils which will contain telnet.brew install telnetwill install BSD telnet from macOS Sierra sources. Both will work fine.– MichielBCommented Nov 2, 2017 at 13:23 -
2There is a better solution now accepted as the answer here: apple.stackexchange.com/a/312273/13220 Commented Jan 14, 2018 at 23:18
You could try grabbing libtelnet and lukemftp from the open source repository for macOS 10.12.6 and compiling them for yourself.
If you use homebrew, BSD telnet is prepackaged and installable via brew install telnet.
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1There are some issues going on that this doesn't resolve as noted above unfortunately. As for the 10.12.6 source, yeah, that might be the best path at the moment, but it's not something that will likely remain a viable solution... Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 21:31
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brew install telnetis the easiest solution in my opinion!– MichielBCommented Nov 2, 2017 at 13:23
Telnet is include in the inetutils port in MacPorts. To install it use the port command:
sudo port install inetutils
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The answer by @GDP2 is a better solution. See apple.stackexchange.com/a/312273/13220 Commented Jan 14, 2018 at 23:19
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4@yllumniate, why is it a better solution? What if you prefer to use MacPorts?– bmauterCommented Jul 2, 2018 at 20:22
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@yllumniate this is a one-liner while the other solution requires me install an entire new framework (with a history of severe bugs). this a better solution Commented Oct 24, 2019 at 16:50
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grab the binaries from a Sierra install /usr/bin ;)
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1The problem is that I'm looking for a permanent solution, not a temporary patch. It's looking like we're going to have to go with FreeBSD or something else via a fork. Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 21:29
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@ylluminate There are security reasons not to use ftp and telnet changing OS to get them sounds like the wrong solution - try using the replacement tools e.g. sftp , ssh etc– mmmmmmCommented Oct 4, 2017 at 20:33
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I agree with nanard copying telnet and ftp from /usr/bin on a NOT High Sierra MAC it is fast and it works and the X-Code thing is a mess– SteveCommented Oct 9, 2017 at 23:10
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3@Mark while there are indeed reasons not to use the unsecured protocols, there are also plenty of remaining requirements to use them - typically when interacting with legacy systems, especially those firewalled on private networks. Generally speaking, the decision of what protocols are allowed should be made on the server side, since that is the system that potentially could be compromised - forcing it on the client side is completely wrong-headed, as the designers of the client system can't know what it will be used to talk to. Commented Oct 28, 2017 at 23:34
I searched through Apple support forums and found an answer that I believe will help others reinstall ftp and telnet on Mac High Sierra.
Navigate to www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/ Click on the HTTP download link for "Inetutils" Download "inetutils-1.9.4.tar.gz" tar zxvf inetutils-1.9.4.tar.gz
Direct ftp site -> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/
cd inetutils-1.9.4
./configure
make
sudo make install
telnet x.x.x.x port
I found the answer at this forum https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/79056
answered Apr 3, 2018 at 17:58
