Scanning to High Sierra

[MatthewL]

It would appear in High Sierra the FTP function has been removed which many use to scan from MFD's. Other than a third party utility for FTP is there any other way I can scan to a Mac via network/ftp as it is?

 

I'm not a big Mac user so any thoughts would be helpful.

[AntonioRocco]

Not only have Apple removed the open source ftp binary that used to be part of the UNIX sub-system but they also removed the telnet binary as well. Telnet is one I used a lot. My way around this was to copy the telnet binary from a mac with Sierra OS installed to the same relevant location, reboot and things were back to normal. I don't use ftp if I can help it because it's very insecure, even on a local network. But if you're OK with it then there's no reason why you can't copy the ftp binary. Beyond a 3rd-Party utility I don't think there's much else? If you did not know, then binarys on a Mac are stored in /usr/bin. Copying them from a previous OS to High Sierra means you have to disable SIP (System Integrity Protection) or copying them to the local bin location /usr/local/bin instead. Disabling SIP is up to you but it's the first thing I do as it hobbles troubleshooting. Using cp -R to copy the binary preserves root user permissions. You can verify the copy has been successful by accessing the manual pages for the binary, man ftp should do it but if you want to look at it in an easier-to-read way this link may be better:

 

https://ss64.com/osx/ftp.html

Edited April 20, 2018 by AntonioRocco

[Arthur]

Beyond a 3rd-Party utility I don't think there's much else?

Homebrew? e.g.

 

brew install tnftp tnftpd telnet telnetd

 

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/299758/how-to-get-bsd-ftp-and-telnet-back-in-10-13-high-sierra/312273#312273

[AntonioRocco]

Thanks Arthur for suggesting Homebrew and who knows OP may do OK with it? But I have a problem with offering Homebrew and others like it as alternatives, especially to those who profess not to be mac users such as the OP. My view is unless you really know what you're doing, especially when it comes to Terminal, then stick with a packaged app you can find on the App Store. I've been there too many times with those who have come unstuck. The few commands I've listed essentially don't change anything and are Apple installed binarys after all and are not the same as installing Homebrew. Nothing wrong with Homebrew, just me just being ultra-cautious. My 2p.

[MatthewL]

I have since found out you can scan to UNC i.e. \\ip address\share and it works ok, it seems a bit slower but stupid removing something useful out of it.

 

Working now and jobs done just puzzled me for a while until I found out what had happened.