Fixing Leopard FTP: Mixed up with PureFTPd from Tiger

Question

Okay, so basically what happened is that I was using (and enjoying) PureFTPd in Tiger, but the manager doesn't work in Leopard. I'm sure it'll be updated eventually, but I figure I'll just use the default one and force it to route through SSH for added security. Unfortunately, I can't get it working. I figured out the files PureFTP added by looking at the package (and removed them), AND I learned about /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist... but I don't know what's supposed to go here. It still has all the PureFTPd entries, after all. Can anyone using the default FTP in Leopard post the contents of their ftp.plist file so I can get mine going?

Answer 1

Okay, I think I figured things out. First off, you need to delete the PureFTPD startup item, or it will keep respawning its FTP information. This can be done by deleting /Library/StartupItems/PureFTPD.
Next, you need to replace the contents of the ftp.plist file in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons with the following (extracted from my Dad's Macbook). It may be a good idea to just use the Plist editor and switch the application and parameters manually, if you have it installed with XCode, but otherwise it should work so long as you don't miss anything and it's valid XML. You won't normally have write access here, so you either need to edit it externally and copy it in, or use sudo nano, sudo vi, or whatever. Note that you should also make sure the ownership is still root and group wheel after you are done, as it could end up with you as owner instead (if you copied it from elsewhere). To switch it back, just do:
sudo chown root ftp.plist
sudo chgrp wheel ftp.plist
Here's the file (it lost its tabs by posting, but you can always indent on the <dict> tags if you prefer):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.ftpd</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/libexec/ftpd</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>ftpd</string>
<string>-l</string>
</array>
<key>SHAuthorizationRight</key>
<string>system.preferences</string>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
<key>Listeners</key>
<dict>
<key>Bonjour</key>
<true/>
<key>SockServiceName</key>
<string>ftp</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>inetdCompatibility</key>
<dict>
<key>Wait</key>
<false/>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>